Kent Avenue & Classon Avenue
Kent Avenue and Classon Avenue meet at a five-way junction in South Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 33 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Classon Triangle is 40 feet away, and Bedford Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation is 1,080 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Kent Av/Williamsburg St East, is 390 feet away for the B62, and seven bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 39 public places, 11 of them day care or pre-K sites, and five places to eat.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Kent Av/Williamsburg St East, 390 feet away, for the B62.
- 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Kent Av/Williamsburg St East B62390 feetB62
Next buses at this stop
- B62 …
Cycling
Nearest bike-share station
- Wallabout St & Kent Ave 23 docks in all220 feet
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Bedford Avenue, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.
- 711 Kent Avenue Gas station280 feet
- 15 Washington Avenue Charging for electric cars, three Level 2 chargers0.6 miles
- 260 South 4th Street Fast charging for electric cars0.9 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported 33 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.
- 13 people injured
- 0 people killed
- 1 of those hurt, on foot
The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.
What the city has done here
- Leading pedestrian interval, August 2023
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11249
- Community board
- Brooklyn Community Board 1
- City Council district
- 33
- Police precinct
- 90
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- South Williamsburg
- Elevation
- 10 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to six travel lanes
- A designated truck route
- Two of the streets are one-way
Homes
About 800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1988 and 2018.
Since 2014 at least 80 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.
Trees
NYC Parks records 44 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 19 signs on these blocks
- 9 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2014 and May 2025, and the sign on the street decides.
East side of Classon Avenue
- No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
West side of Classon Avenue
- No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
East side of Kent Avenue
- No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
- No standing 2 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
West side of Kent Avenue
- No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
- No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
North side of Rutledge Street
- No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
- No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-6PM
South side of Rutledge Street
- No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedWithin a five-minute walk there are 39 public places.
- 11 day care or pre-K sites
- 11 religious buildings
- 11 schools
- 3 playgrounds
- 1 fire station
- 2 other places
Schools and child care
- Central Uta Boys Division School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5650 feet
- Bais Ruchel D'Satmar - Boys School680 feet
- Williamsburg Daycare Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5680 feet
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- KHHD Yoel of Satmar BP School730 feet
- Child care center at 77-87 Wallabout Street School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5730 feet
- Gan Bnos Yisroel Preschool, ages 2 to 5750 feet
- School Based Child Care School-based preschool, ages 2 to 5750 feet
- Yeshiva Beth Hillel of Williamsburg School770 feet
- Yeshiva Bnos Israel School830 feet
- Omni Childhood Center - Heyward School840 feet
- Cong Yeshuos Moshe of Williamsburg School850 feet
- Darkei Tshivo of Dinov School850 feet
- Talmud Torah Tzemach Tzadik Viznitz School850 feet
- Jolly Baby Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 51,060 feet
- Yeshiva Nachlas Tzvi D'Krula Preschool, ages 2 to 51,060 feet
- United Academy Preschool, ages 2 to 51,070 feet
- Beth Chana School1,100 feet
- Bnos Spinka Boys School1,170 feet
- Beth Chana DC Preschool, ages 2 to 51,180 feet
- Yeled V'Yalda Early Childhood Center Preschool, ages 2 to 51,180 feet
- Yeshiva Yesodah Hatorah School-based preschool, ages 3 to 51,180 feet
- Beth Rachel School-Girls-720 School1,230 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Classon Triangle40 feet
- Classon Playground60 feet
- Penn Triangle Playground510 feet
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- Steuben Playground880 feet
Health care
- Bedford Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation Nursing home or hospice1,080 feet
Fire and police
- Engine 211/Ladder 119 Fire station940 feet
Supermarkets
- One Stop Kosher Supermarket850 feet
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are five places to eat and nine food stores.
Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, a bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.
Nearby corners
The eight nearest of the 21 corners within a three-minute walk:
- Kent Avenue & Wallabout Street 190 feet
- Kent Avenue & Williamsburg Street East 230 feet
- Classon Avenue & Wallabout Street 240 feet
- Brooklyn-Queens Expressway & Kent Avenue 280 feet
- Wallabout Street & Heyward Street 380 feet
- Kent Avenue & Williamsburg Street West 420 feet
- Williamsburg Street East & Penn Street 420 feet
- Wythe Avenue & Rutledge Street 420 feet
See every intersection along Classon Avenue, Kent Avenue or Rutledge Street.