Keap Street & Ainslie Street

Keap Street and Ainslie Street meet at a four-way crossing in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. The stele “Greenpoint World War II Memorial” is 580 feet away. The nearest subway, Metropolitan Av/Lorimer St, is about two minutes on foot, and five subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, five of them religious buildings, and 61 places to eat. About 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
2 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Metropolitan Av/Lorimer St
450 feet · 2 min on foot · G, L
Nearest bus stop
450 feet
Rodney St/Ainslie St · B24
Within a walk
13 places
5 religious buildings, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Keap Street & Ainslie Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Metropolitan Av/Lorimer St, 450 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 5 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Metropolitan Av/Lorimer St G, L
    450 feet
    G L

Next trains at this station

Queens
1 line
  1. G …
Southbound
1 line
  1. G …
Manhattan
1 line
  1. L …
Outbound
1 line
  1. L …

Also within a walk

  1. Hewes St J, M
    0.5 miles
    J M
  2. Marcy Av J, M, Z
    0.5 miles
    J M Z

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Signs of Life” (2000) by Jackie Chang and “Personal Choice #5” (2023) by Chloë Bass at the Metropolitan Av/Lorimer St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Rodney St/Ainslie St, 450 feet away, for the B24.

  • 16 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Rodney St/Ainslie St B24
    450 feet
    B24

Next buses at this stop

  1. B24 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 79 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 5 of them on-street corrals
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Hope St & Union Ave 25 docks in all
    600 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway westbound at Marcy Avenue & Hope Street, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 451 Lorimer Street Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 462 Keap Street Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    1,120 feet
  3. 260 South 4th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    0.5 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.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11211
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 1
City Council district
34
Police precinct
90
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Williamsburg
Elevation
15 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 133 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 53 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 23 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2016 and June 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Ainslie Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of Ainslie Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-4PM

East side of Keap Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

West side of Keap Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

Monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Macri Triangle.

  1. Greenpoint World War II Memorial Stele, 1954
    580 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 parks
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 pedestrian plaza

Schools and child care

  1. Amazing Explorers Williamsburg Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    440 feet
  2. Two by Two Childcare Preschool Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    440 feet
  3. P.S. 319 Pre-K
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Macri Triangle
    610 feet
  2. Jaime Campiz Playground
    990 feet
  3. Blue Playground
    1,090 feet
Show all 4
  1. Mt. Carmel Triangle
    1,140 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. North 5th Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,310 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Annunciation Church House of worship
    1,260 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.5 miles
  3. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 61 places to eat and 18 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 15 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Ainslie Street or Keap 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 Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.