Keap Street & Williamsburg Street East

Keap Street and Williamsburg Street East meet at a three-way junction in South Williamsburg, Brooklyn. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Uta 212 is 460 feet away. The nearest subway, Marcy Av, is about five minutes on foot, for the J, M and Z. Within a five-minute walk are 60 public places, 38 of them religious buildings, and two places to eat. About 1,900 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1900 and 1920, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
No crash on record
in any year the city publishes
Nearest subway
Marcy Av
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · J, M, Z
Nearest bus stop
530 feet
Lee Av/Ross St · B44
Within a walk
60 places
38 religious buildings, 9 day care or pre-K sites and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Keap Street & Williamsburg Street East Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Marcy Av, 0.3 miles from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  1. Marcy Av J, M, Z
    0.3 miles
    J M Z

Next trains at this station

Outbound
3 lines
  1. J …
  2. M …
  3. Z …
Manhattan
3 lines
  1. J …
  2. M …
  3. Z …

Also within a walk

  1. Hewes St J, M
    0.3 miles
    J M

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Space Odyssey” (2004) by Ellsworth Ausby at the Marcy Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Lee Av/Ross St, 530 feet away, for the B44.

  • 17 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Lee Av/Ross St B44
    530 feet
    B44

Next buses at this stop

  1. B44 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 24 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Division Ave & Marcy Ave 33 docks in all
    900 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Borinquen Place, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

No police-reported crash has been recorded at this corner in any year the city publishes.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11211
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 1
City Council district
33
Police precinct
90
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
South Williamsburg
Elevation
53 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • Posted limits from 25 to 30 mph
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 1,900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1900 and 1920.

Trees

NYC Parks records 61 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 8 signs on these blocks
  • 3 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in May 2016, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Williamsburg Street East

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING 7AM-MIDNIGHT ALL DAYS
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Beaux-Arts, and built between 1903 and 1905.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 60 public places.

  • 38 religious buildings
  • 9 day care or pre-K sites
  • 8 schools
  • 2 parks
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 library

Schools and child care

  1. School Based Child Care School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    190 feet
  2. Uta 212 School
    460 feet
  3. Yeshiva Tzemach Tzadik Viznitz School
    680 feet
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  1. Beth Rachel School for Girls School
    930 feet
  2. Beth Chana School School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    940 feet
  3. Yeshivath Kehilath Yakov Pre-K
    1,000 feet
  4. United Talmudical Academy School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,020 feet
  5. Yeshiva Yesode Hatorah School
    1,060 feet
  6. Bais Ruchel Dsatmar School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,070 feet
  7. Uta 590 School
    1,130 feet
  8. Bnos Yakov School
    1,160 feet
  9. Yeshiva Headstart Keap Street Pre-K
    1,160 feet
  10. The Learning Experience Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,190 feet
  11. Yeshiva Early Head Start Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,190 feet
  12. El Puente Academy for Peace and Justice School
    1,220 feet
  13. Yeshiva Jesode Hatorah Wilson School
    1,230 feet
  14. Cuddles Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Roebling Playground
    960 feet
  2. Rodney Park South Park
    970 feet
  3. Marcy Park South Park
    1,000 feet
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  1. Sobel Playground
    1,230 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Williamsburgh Library Landmark
    830 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Transfiguration RC Church House of worship
    1,000 feet

Bank branches

  1. Apple Bank Bank branch
    850 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. One Stop Kosher Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are two places to eat and 24 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 14 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Keap Street or Williamsburg Street East.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, MTA, NYC DOT, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYPD, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.