Harrison Avenue & Penn Street

Harrison Avenue and Penn Street meet at a four-way crossing in South Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Beth Rachel School-Girls-68 is 420 feet away. The nearest subway, Hewes St, is about two minutes on foot, and four subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 29 public places, 13 of them religious buildings, and 17 places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Hewes St
600 feet · 2 min on foot · J, M
Nearest bus stop
550 feet
Broadway/Montrose Av · B46
Within a walk
29 places
13 religious buildings, 9 schools and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Harrison Avenue & Penn Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Hewes St, 600 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Hewes St J, M
    600 feet
    J M

Next trains at this station

Outbound
2 lines
  1. J …
  2. M …
Manhattan
2 lines
  1. J …
  2. M …

Also within a walk

  1. Broadway G
    980 feet
    G
  2. Lorimer St J, M
    0.3 miles
    J M

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “El in 16 Notes” (2002) by Mara Held at the Hewes St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Broadway/Montrose Av, 550 feet away, for the B46.

  • 17 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Broadway/Montrose Av B46
    550 feet
    B46

Next buses at this stop

  1. B46 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 21 bicycle racks within 820 feet, one of them an on-street corral
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Division Ave & Hooper St 61 docks in all
    600 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Bedford Avenue, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 249 Lynch Street Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 260 South 4th Street Charging for electric cars, fast chargers
    0.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported four crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2024.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11211
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 1
City Council district
33
Police precinct
90
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
South Williamsburg
Elevation
28 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1901 and 1931.

Since 2014 at least 3 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 49 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 33 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2017 and June 2022, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Harrison Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

West side of Harrison Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 8AM-5PM

North side of Penn Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

South side of Penn Street

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 29 public places.

  • 13 religious buildings
  • 9 schools
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 garden
  • 1 park

Schools and child care

  1. United Academy Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    240 feet
  2. Beth Rachel School for Girls 60 School
    260 feet
  3. BR School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    370 feet
Show all 13
  1. Beth Rachel School-Girls-68 School
    420 feet
  2. Bnos Yakov School for Girls School
    420 feet
  3. Talmud Torah of Kasho School
    480 feet
  4. Beginning With Children Charter School II School
    860 feet
  5. Juan Morel Campos Secondary School
    860 feet
  6. Bnos Chayil School
    900 feet
  7. El Puente Academy for Peace and Justice School
    930 feet
  8. Yeshiva Headstart Keap Street Pre-K
    1,060 feet
  9. Bnos Yakov School
    1,060 feet
  10. Yeshivath Kehilath Yakov Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,140 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Hooper Grove Garden
    1,030 feet
  2. Harmony Triangle
    1,110 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Transfiguration RC Church House of worship
    1,080 feet

Fire and police

  1. Battalion 35/Engine 216/Ladder 108 Fire station
    890 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Shop Fair Supermarket
    890 feet
  2. One Stop Kosher Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    1,070 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 17 places to eat and 17 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 14 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Harrison Avenue or Penn Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.