Keap Street & Division Avenue

Keap Street and Division Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in South Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 14 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Bnos Yakov is 170 feet away. The nearest subway, Hewes St, is about a minute on foot, and five subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 47 public places, 19 of them religious buildings, and 27 places to eat. About 2,000 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1901 and 1920, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
2 hurt
14 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Hewes St
370 feet · 1 min on foot · J, M
Nearest bus stop
500 feet
Broadway/Hooper St · B106, T432
Within a walk
47 places
19 religious buildings, 9 schools and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Keap Street & Division Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Hewes St, 370 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 5 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Hewes St J, M
    370 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. Marcy Av J, M, Z
    890 feet
    J M Z
  2. Broadway G
    0.3 miles
    G

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/Hooper St, 500 feet away, for the B106 and T432.

  • 17 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Broadway/Hooper St B106, T432
    500 feet
    B106 T432

Next buses at this stop

  1. B106 …
  2. T432 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 60 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 2 of them on-street corrals
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Borinquen Place, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 247 Union Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 260 South 4th Street Charging for electric cars, fast chargers
    0.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 14 crashes at this corner, more 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 December 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11211
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 1
City Council district
33 and 34 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
90
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
South Williamsburg
Elevation
44 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,000 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 1920.

Since 2014 at least 41 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 42 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 34 signs on these blocks
  • 13 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2014 and April 2022; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Division Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 8:30AM-6PM EXCEPT SATURDAY
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Division Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Keap Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

North side of Keap Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-5PM

South side of Keap Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

West side of Keap Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

Landmarks and historic districts

Two buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Beaux-Arts and Romanesque Revival, one each, and built between 1884 and 1905.

  1. Saint Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church Designated landmark
    500 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 47 public places.

  • 19 religious buildings
  • 9 schools
  • 8 day care or pre-K sites
  • 6 parks
  • 2 gardens
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Bnos Yakov School
    170 feet
  2. Yeshiva Headstart Keap Street Pre-K
    170 feet
  3. Yeshivath Kehilath Yakov Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    190 feet
Show all 17
  1. Beth Rachel School for Girls School
    520 feet
  2. Cuddles Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    530 feet
  3. Uta 212 School
    870 feet
  4. The Learning Experience Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    940 feet
  5. El Puente Academy for Peace and Justice School
    960 feet
  6. School Based Child Care School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,070 feet
  7. P.S. 319 Pre-K
    1,120 feet
  8. Bnos Chayil School
    1,170 feet
  9. United Academy Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,180 feet
  10. Brooklyn Arbor Elementary School
    1,190 feet
  11. Talmud Torah of Kasho School
    1,190 feet
  12. Beth Rachel School for Girls 60 School
    1,200 feet
  13. Yeshiva Kehilath Yakov School
    1,210 feet
  14. Nuestros Ninos Day Car 1 Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,240 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Rodney Park South Park
    430 feet
  2. Marcy Park South Park
    640 feet
  3. Keap Fourth Community Garden
    780 feet
Show all 10
  1. Rodney Park Center Park
    660 feet
  2. Marcy Green South Park
    790 feet
  3. Hooper Grove Garden
    810 feet
  4. Rodney Park North Park
    880 feet
  5. Marcy Green Center Park
    1,070 feet
  6. Strawberry Playground
    1,150 feet
  7. Rodney Playground South Playground
    1,150 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Williamsburgh Library Landmark
    610 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Transfiguration RC Church House of worship
    600 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    900 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Shop Fair Supermarket
    480 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    1,110 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 27 places to eat and 25 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 23 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Division Avenue 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.