Kent Avenue & North 1st Street

Kent Avenue and North 1st Street meet at a four-way crossing in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 20 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Domino Park is 420 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Kent Av/Metropolitan Av, is 340 feet away for the B32, and three bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, three of them day care or pre-K sites, and 41 places to eat. A bike lane separated from traffic runs along Kent Avenue.

Safety record
15 hurt
20 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Brooklyn-Queens Expressway
0.7 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
340 feet
Kent Av/Metropolitan Av · B32
Within a walk
13 places
3 day care or pre-K sites, 3 parks and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Kent Avenue & North 1st Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Kent Av/Metropolitan Av, 340 feet away, for the B32.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B32 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Kent Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Kent Ave & Grand St 45 docks in all
    300 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
    1.2 miles
  2. 184 Kent Avenue Charging for electric cars, Level 2 chargers
    950 feet
  3. 260 South 4th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1 mile

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 20 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 15 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 11 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in July 2025.

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)
Williamsburg
Elevation
21 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 120 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 55 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 27 signs on these blocks
  • 11 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2016 and June 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Kent Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

West side of Kent Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 2AM-5AM
  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of North 1st Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM

South side of North 1st Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 parks
  • 3 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
    600 feet
  2. Bright Horizons at Kent Avenue Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2 · Pre-K
    600 feet
  3. The Williamsburg Nursery School Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,260 feet
Show all 4
  1. P.S. 084 Jose de Diego School
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Domino Park
    420 feet
  2. Grand Ferry Park
    550 feet
  3. North 5th Street Pier and Park
    760 feet
Show all 4
  1. William Sheridan Playground
    780 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at 184 Kent Avenue Public space
    530 feet
  2. Public space at The Edge Public space
    1,080 feet
  3. Public space at Domino Sugar Factory Public space
    1,210 feet

Libraries, museums and history

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

Houses of worship

  1. Our Lady of Consolation Church House of worship
    1,240 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    510 feet
  2. Brooklyn Harvest Market Supermarket
    1,110 feet
  3. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 41 places to eat and nine food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Kent Avenue or North 1st 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.