Kent Avenue & Williamsburg Street East

Kent Avenue and Williamsburg Street East meet at a four-way crossing in South Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 57 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Penn Triangle is 280 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Kent Av/Williamsburg St East, is 150 feet away for the B62, and eight bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 39 public places, 12 of them religious buildings, and three places to eat. About 500 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
25 hurt
57 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Brooklyn-Queens Expressway
1,290 feet by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
150 feet
Kent Av/Williamsburg St East · B62
Within a walk
39 places
12 religious buildings, 11 day care or pre-K sites and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Kent Avenue & Williamsburg Street East Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Kent Av/Williamsburg St East, 150 feet away, for the B62.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Kent Av/Williamsburg St East B62
    150 feet
    B62

Next buses at this stop

  1. B62 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Wallabout St & Kent Ave 23 docks in all
    450 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Bedford Avenue, 1,290 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 711 Kent Avenue Gas station
    at this corner
  2. 15 Washington Avenue Charging for electric cars, three Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 260 South 4th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    0.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 57 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 25 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

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

The streets

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

Homes

About 500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 3 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 36 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 12 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2017 and February 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Kent Avenue

  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Kent Avenue

  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Williamsburg Street East

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Williamsburg Street East

  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 39 public places.

  • 12 religious buildings
  • 11 day care or pre-K sites
  • 10 schools
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 1 fire station
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Bais Ruchel D'Satmar - Boys School
    440 feet
  2. Central Uta Boys Division School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    500 feet
  3. Yeshiva Beth Hillel of Williamsburg School
    530 feet
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  1. United Academy Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    840 feet
  2. Williamsburg Daycare Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    910 feet
  3. KHHD Yoel of Satmar BP School
    960 feet
  4. Child care center at 77-87 Wallabout Street School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    960 feet
  5. Gan Bnos Yisroel Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    980 feet
  6. School Based Child Care School-based preschool, ages 2 to 5
    980 feet
  7. Beth Rachel School-Girls-720 School
    1,000 feet
  8. Yeshiva Bnos Israel School
    1,060 feet
  9. Omni Childhood Center - Heyward School
    1,080 feet
  10. Cong Yeshuos Moshe of Williamsburg School
    1,080 feet
  11. Darkei Tshivo of Dinov School
    1,080 feet
  12. Talmud Torah Tzemach Tzadik Viznitz School
    1,080 feet
  13. Yeshivath Kehilath Yakov Pre-K
    1,130 feet
  14. Yeshiva Yesode Hatorah School
    1,160 feet
  15. Yeshiva Early Head Start Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,250 feet
  16. Beth Chana School School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,280 feet
  17. Jolly Baby Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,290 feet
  18. Yeshiva Nachlas Tzvi D'Krula Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Classon Playground
    50 feet
  2. Classon Triangle
    270 feet
  3. Penn Triangle Playground
    280 feet
Show all 4
  1. Steuben Playground
    1,070 feet

Health care

  1. Bedford Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation Nursing home or hospice
    1,310 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 211/Ladder 119 Fire station
    710 feet

Supermarkets

  1. One Stop Kosher Supermarket
    1,080 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are three places to eat and eight 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
  • A signal or safety change
  • A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 19 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Kent Avenue or Williamsburg Street East.

Sources: 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 Technology and Innovation, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.