Keap Street & South 2nd Street

Keap Street and South 2nd Street meet at a four-way crossing in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Rodney Playground Center is 490 feet away. The nearest subway, Metropolitan Av/Lorimer St, is about four minutes on foot, and five subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 25 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 39 places to eat. About 3,000 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
5 hurt
10 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Metropolitan Av/Lorimer St
1,120 feet · 4 min on foot · G, L
Nearest bus stop
230 feet
Borinquen Pl/S 1 St · Q54
Within a walk
25 places
7 religious buildings, 6 parks and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Keap Street & South 2nd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Metropolitan Av/Lorimer St, 1,120 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 5 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Metropolitan Av/Lorimer St G, L
    1,120 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, 230 feet away, for the Q54.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q54 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 64 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. S 4 St & Rodney St 21 docks in all
    960 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Borinquen Place, 710 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 451 Lorimer Street Gas station
    0.3 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 ten crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 5 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 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
19 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 117 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 68 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2017 and February 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Keap Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

West side of Keap Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

North side of South 2nd Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of South 2nd Street

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 25 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 319 Pre-K
    300 feet
  2. Brooklyn Arbor Elementary School
    380 feet
  3. Two by Two Childcare Preschool Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    550 feet
Show all 5
  1. Amazing Explorers Williamsburg Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    910 feet
  2. Nuestros Ninos Day Car 1 Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,240 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Blue Playground
    460 feet
  2. Rodney Playground Center Park
    490 feet
  3. Keap Fourth Community Garden
    490 feet
Show all 12
  1. Strawberry Playground
    700 feet
  2. Rodney Playground South Playground
    710 feet
  3. Marcy Green North Park
    910 feet
  4. Rodney Park North Park
    950 feet
  5. Lithuania Square
    1,020 feet
  6. Hooper Grove Garden
    1,090 feet
  7. Marcy Green Center Park
    1,150 feet
  8. Ten Eyck Garden
    1,170 feet
  9. Rodney Park Center Park
    1,210 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Williamsburg Post Office
    1,060 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 39 places to eat and 23 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 19 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Keap Street or South 2nd 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.