Kent Avenue & Franklin Street

Kent Avenue and Franklin Street meet at a three-way junction 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. McCarren Park is 1,080 feet away. The nearest subway, Nassau Av, is about eight minutes on foot, for the G. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, two of them parks, and 26 places to eat. A bike lane separated from traffic runs along one of the streets meeting here.

Safety record
6 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Nassau Av
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · G
Nearest bus stop
100 feet
N 14 St/Kent Av · B32
Within a walk
8 places
2 parks, 2 public spaces and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Kent Avenue & Franklin Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Nassau Av, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  1. Nassau Av G
    0.4 miles
    G

Next trains at this station

Queens
1 line
  1. G …
Southbound
1 line
  1. G …

Bus

The nearest bus stop is N 14 St/Kent Av, 100 feet away, for the B32.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. N 14 St/Kent Av B32
    100 feet
    B32

Next buses at this stop

  1. B32 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Franklin Street, Kent Avenue and North 14th Street.

  • 28 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Wythe Ave & N 13 St 43 docks in all
    760 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway westbound at Meeker Avenue & Graham Avenue at Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 256 McGuinness Boulevard Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 33 Norman Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 260 South 4th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.4 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.

  • 6 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2024.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11249
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 1
City Council district
33
Police precinct
94
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Williamsburg
Elevation
9 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • A designated truck route
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 140 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 in 2025.

Trees

NYC Parks records 36 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 24 signs on these blocks
  • 11 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2018 and November 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Franklin Street

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Franklin Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 2AM-5AM
  • No stopping 6 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 8AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

East side of Kent Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

West side of Kent Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 2AM-5AM
  • No stopping 1 sign NO STOPPING ANYTIME

South side of North 14th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 329295.

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 parks
  • 2 public spaces
  • 1 garden
  • 1 playground
  • 1 recreation center
  • 1 religious building

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Bushwick Inlet Park
    90 feet
  2. McCarren Park
    1,080 feet
  3. 61 Franklin Street Garden
    1,200 feet
Show all 4
  1. Bushwick Inlet Playground
    1,240 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at 25 Kent Avenue Public space
    640 feet
  2. Public space at 27-41 West Street Public space
    1,140 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Bushwick Inlet Park Recreation Center
    1,200 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Brooklyn Harvest Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles
  2. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 26 places to eat and four 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 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Franklin Street, Kent Avenue or North 14th Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, 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.