Kent Avenue & Metropolitan Avenue

Kent Avenue and Metropolitan Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 14 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. William Sheridan Playground is 980 feet away. The nearest subway, Bedford Av, is about ten minutes on foot, for the L. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, three of them parks, and 37 places to eat. A bike lane separated from traffic runs along Kent Avenue.

Safety record
6 hurt
14 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Bedford Av
0.5 miles · 10 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
Kent Av/Metropolitan Av · B32
Within a walk
11 places
3 parks, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Kent Avenue & Metropolitan Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Bedford Av, 0.5 miles from this corner, about ten minutes on foot.

  1. Bedford Av L
    0.5 miles
    L

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. L …
Outbound
1 line
  1. L …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “No Less Than Everything Comes Together” (2021) by Marcel Dzama at the Bedford Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Kent Av/Metropolitan Av, 110 feet away, for the B32.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Kent Av/Metropolitan Av B32
    110 feet
    B32

Next buses at this stop

  1. B32 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Kent Avenue.

  • 70 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 5 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Kent Ave & N 3 St 55 docks in all
    220 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway westbound at Marcy Avenue & Hope Street, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 451 Lorimer Street Gas station
    1.1 miles
  2. 184 Kent Avenue Charging for electric cars, Level 2 chargers
    720 feet
  3. 260 South 4th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    0.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 14 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 6 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, July 2024
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, August 2025

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11249
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 1
City Council district
33
Police precinct
90 and 94 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Williamsburg
Elevation
19 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 3,200 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 2007 and 2016.

Since 2014 at least 135 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 57 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
  • 9 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2015 and September 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Kent Avenue

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

West side of Kent Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 2AM-5AM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Metropolitan Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 2AM-5AM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM

South side of Metropolitan Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 2AM-5AM
  • No parking 4 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

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 parks
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 public spaces
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 playground
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Bright Horizons Children's Centers Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    370 feet
  2. Bright Horizons at Kent Avenue Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2 · Pre-K
    370 feet
  3. MS Lam Montessori School
    1,120 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. North 5th Street Pier and Park
    520 feet
  2. Domino Park
    660 feet
  3. Grand Ferry Park
    790 feet
Show all 4
  1. William Sheridan Playground
    980 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at 184 Kent Avenue Public space
    300 feet
  2. Public space at The Edge Public space
    840 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Austin, Nichols & Company Warehouse Listed historic place
    580 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Our Lady of Consolation Church House of worship
    1,200 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    270 feet
  2. Brooklyn Harvest Market Supermarket
    870 feet
  3. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    1,130 feet
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 37 places to eat and ten food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Kent Avenue or Metropolitan Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, 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.