Kent Avenue & South 11th Street

Kent Avenue and South 11th Street meet at a three-way junction in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Epiphany Playground is 950 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Division Av/Wythe Av, is 560 feet away for the B67, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 19 public places, four of them day care or pre-K sites, and five places to eat. About 3,100 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
3 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Williamsburg Bridge
0.8 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
560 feet
Division Av/Wythe Av · B67
Within a walk
19 places
4 day care or pre-K sites, 3 playgrounds and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Kent Avenue & South 11th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Division Av/Wythe Av, 560 feet away, for the B67.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Division Av/Wythe Av B67
    560 feet
    B67

Next buses at this stop

  1. B67 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Kent Ave & Division Ave 44 docks in all
    440 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Williamsburg Bridge at Roebling Street & Williamsburg Bridge, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 687 Kent Avenue Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 444 Kent Avenue Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    520 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 six crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2024.

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
19 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 121 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 41 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2018 and May 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Kent Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

West side of Kent Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No stopping 2 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

North side of South 11th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of South 11th Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nineteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 parks
  • 2 public spaces
  • 5 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Be'Ikvei Hatzoin School
    340 feet
  2. Williamsburg Montessori School
    380 feet
  3. Tickle Toes Day Care Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    390 feet
Show all 7
  1. Beikvei Hatzoin School School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    480 feet
  2. Brooklyn Global Prep Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    570 feet
  3. Young Men's and Young Women's Hebrew Association of Williamsburg Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    760 feet
  4. Campus Education Trade or language school
    1,160 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Roberto Clemente Ballfield Park
    380 feet
  2. Epiphany Playground
    950 feet
  3. Jacob's Ladder Playground
    1,090 feet
Show all 6
  1. Cohn Triangle
    1,100 feet
  2. La Casita Verde Community Garden
    1,240 feet
  3. Bedford Playground
    1,240 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Schaefer Landing Public space
    300 feet
  2. Public space at 420 Kent Avenue Public space
    560 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Central Market Supermarket
    680 feet

Other places

  1. South Williamsburg Ferry Landing
    590 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are five places to eat and six 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 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Kent Avenue or South 11th Street.

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