Keap Street & South 1st Street

Keap Street and South 1st Street meet at a four-way crossing in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Blue Playground is 400 feet away. The nearest subway, Metropolitan Av/Lorimer St, is about three minutes on foot, and five subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 21 public places, six of them parks, and 37 places to eat. About 2,800 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
1 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Metropolitan Av/Lorimer St
870 feet · 3 min on foot · G, L
Nearest bus stop
160 feet
Borinquen Pl/S 1 St · Q54
Within a walk
21 places
6 parks, 5 religious buildings and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Keap Street & South 1st Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Metropolitan Av/Lorimer St, 870 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 5 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Metropolitan Av/Lorimer St G, L
    870 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
    0.3 miles
    J M
  2. Marcy Av J, M, Z
    0.3 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, 160 feet away, for the Q54.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q54 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 62 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 7 of them on-street corrals
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Hope St & Union Ave 25 docks in all
    870 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. 451 Lorimer Street Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 462 Keap Street Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  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 four crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 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
18 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 2,800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 151 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 80 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 10 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2016 and April 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Keap Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

West side of Keap Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

North side of South 1st Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of South 1st Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 21 public places.

  • 6 parks
  • 5 religious buildings
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 2 gardens
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

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

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Blue Playground
    400 feet
  2. Rodney Playground Center Park
    580 feet
  3. Keap Fourth Community Garden
    740 feet
Show all 11
  1. Strawberry Playground
    790 feet
  2. Rodney Playground South Playground
    800 feet
  3. Ten Eyck Garden
    960 feet
  4. Marcy Green North Park
    1,000 feet
  5. Rodney Park North Park
    1,040 feet
  6. Lithuania Square
    1,170 feet
  7. Marcy Green Center Park
    1,240 feet
  8. Rodney Park Center Park
    1,300 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Williamsburg Post Office
    1,150 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 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 37 places to eat and 21 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 21 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Keap Street or South 1st 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.