Keap Street & Hope Street

Keap Street and Hope Street meet at a four-way crossing in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Brooklyn corner. Macri Triangle is 870 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 16 public places, four of them playgrounds, and 53 places to eat. About 2,300 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
3 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Metropolitan Av/Lorimer St
400 feet · 2 min on foot · G, L
Nearest bus stop
640 feet
Borinquen Pl/S 1 St · Q54
Within a walk
16 places
4 playgrounds, 4 religious buildings and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Keap Street & Hope Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Metropolitan Av/Lorimer St, 400 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
    400 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
    0.4 miles
    J M
  2. Marcy Av J, M, Z
    0.4 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 Borinquen Pl/S 1 St, 640 feet away, for the Q54.

  • 16 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Borinquen Pl/S 1 St Q54
    640 feet
    Q54

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q54 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 77 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 7 of them on-street corrals
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway westbound at Marcy Avenue & Hope Street, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

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
34
Police precinct
90
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Williamsburg
Elevation
14 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 2,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 161 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 76 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2019 and June 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Hope Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Hope Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

East side of Keap Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

West side of Keap Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Sixteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 playgrounds
  • 4 religious buildings
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 gardens
  • 2 parks
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Amazing Explorers Williamsburg Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    180 feet
  2. Two by Two Childcare Preschool Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    180 feet
  3. P.S. 319 Pre-K
    1,030 feet
Show all 4
  1. Brooklyn Arbor Elementary School
    1,110 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Blue Playground
    830 feet
  2. Macri Triangle
    870 feet
  3. Rodney Playground Center Park
    1,050 feet
Show all 8
  1. Keap Fourth Community Garden
    1,220 feet
  2. Jaime Campiz Playground
    1,230 feet
  3. Strawberry Playground
    1,260 feet
  4. Ten Eyck Garden
    1,270 feet
  5. Rodney Playground South Playground
    1,270 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 53 places to eat and 20 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 17 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Hope 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 Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.