Hooper Street & Lee Avenue

Hooper Street and Lee Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in South Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Transfiguration RC Church is 800 feet away. The nearest subway, Hewes St, is about six minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 63 public places, 44 of them religious buildings, and three places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Hewes St
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · J, M
Nearest bus stop
380 feet
Lee Av/Hewes St · B44, B44 SBS
Within a walk
63 places
44 religious buildings, 8 day care or pre-K sites and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Hooper Street & Lee Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Hewes St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Hewes St J, M
    0.3 miles
    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. Marcy Av J, M, Z
    0.3 miles
    J M Z

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 Lee Av/Hewes St, 380 feet away, for the B44 and B44 SBS.

  • 18 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Lee Av/Hewes St B44, B44 SBS
    380 feet
    B44 B44 SBS

Next buses at this stop

  1. B44 …
  2. B44 SBS …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 19 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Division Ave & Marcy Ave 33 docks in all
    1,270 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Bedford Avenue, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 711 Kent Avenue Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 260 South 4th Street Charging for electric cars, fast chargers
    0.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2023.

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
44 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • A designated truck route
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 1,800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1899 and 1920.

Trees

NYC Parks records 75 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 45 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules
  • 4 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2019 and May 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Hooper Street

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

South side of Hooper Street

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Lee Avenue

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-THURSDAY 8AM-4PM 4 HOUR METERED PARKING FRIDAY 8AM-7PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 7:30AM-8AM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-THURSDAY 4PM-7PM

West side of Lee Avenue

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-4PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 7:30AM-8AM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 4PM-7PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 305352 and 311919.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 63 public places.

  • 44 religious buildings
  • 8 day care or pre-K sites
  • 7 schools
  • 1 library
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. School Based Child Care School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    560 feet
  2. Beth Chana School School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    790 feet
  3. Uta 212 School
    830 feet
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  1. Yeshiva Tzemach Tzadik Viznitz School
    850 feet
  2. United Talmudical Academy School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    880 feet
  3. Yeshiva Yesode Hatorah School
    900 feet
  4. El Puente Academy for Peace and Justice School
    1,000 feet
  5. Yeshiva Early Head Start Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,030 feet
  6. Yeshivath Kehilath Yakov Pre-K
    1,030 feet
  7. Bais Ruchel Dsatmar School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,030 feet
  8. Uta 590 School
    1,050 feet
  9. Little Munchkins Playgroup 56 Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,140 feet
  10. Uta 125 School
    1,200 feet
  11. Beth Rachel School for Girls School
    1,250 feet
  12. Blocks Childcare Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Roebling Playground
    1,130 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Williamsburgh Library
    1,210 feet
  2. Public School 71k Listed historic place
    1,210 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Transfiguration RC Church House of worship
    800 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 125 Heyward Street Older adult center
    1,200 feet

Bank branches

  1. Apple Bank Bank branch
    1,020 feet

Supermarkets

  1. One Stop Kosher Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are three places to eat and 22 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 Hooper Street or Lee Avenue.

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 Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.