Lee Avenue & Rutledge Street

Lee Avenue and Rutledge Street meet at a four-way crossing in South Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Uta 125 is 390 feet away. The nearest subway, Broadway, is about eight minutes on foot, and four subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 53 public places, 30 of them religious buildings, and six places to eat. About 1,900 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1899 and 1931, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
1 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Broadway
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · G
Nearest bus stop
450 feet
Lee Av/Hewes St · B44, B44 SBS
Within a walk
53 places
30 religious buildings, 11 schools and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Lee Avenue & Rutledge Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Broadway G
    0.4 miles
    G

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Hewes St J, M
    0.4 miles
    J M
  2. Flushing Av G
    0.4 miles
    G

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Lee Av/Hewes St, 450 feet away, for the B44 and B44 SBS.

  • 14 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Lee Av/Hewes St B44, B44 SBS
    450 feet
    B44 B44 SBS

Next buses at this stop

  1. B44 …
  2. B44 SBS …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Marcy Ave & Rutledge St 19 docks in all
    750 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Bedford Avenue, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 711 Kent Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 260 South 4th Street Charging for electric cars, fast chargers
    0.7 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.

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2024.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11211
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 1
City Council district
33
Police precinct
90
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
South Williamsburg
Elevation
18 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1899 and 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 59 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 44 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules
  • 4 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2017 and June 2022, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Lee Avenue

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-THURSDAY 8AM-4PM 4 HOUR METERED PARKING FRIDAY 8AM-7PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 7:30AM-8AM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-THURSDAY 4PM-7PM

West side of Lee Avenue

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-4PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 7:30AM-8AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 4PM-7PM

North side of Rutledge Street

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

South side of Rutledge Street

  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SUNDAY-THURSDAY 4PM-7PM FRIDAY 10AM-1PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 307556 and 338149.

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as French Second Empire, and built between 1888 and 1889.

  1. Public School 71K Designated landmark
    280 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 53 public places.

  • 30 religious buildings
  • 11 schools
  • 9 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 nursing home or hospice
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Little Munchkins Playgroup 56 Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    330 feet
  2. Uta 125 School
    390 feet
  3. Blocks Childcare Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    480 feet
Show all 20
  1. Uta 128 School
    540 feet
  2. Mosdos Chasidei Square School
    730 feet
  3. TT Skver Williamsburg School
    730 feet
  4. Yeshivath Kehilath Yakov Pre-K
    1,010 feet
  5. Yeshiva Early Head Start Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,020 feet
  6. Williamsburg Daycare Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,030 feet
  7. Williamsburg Infant & Early Childhoo Preschool
    1,050 feet
  8. KHHD Yoel of Satmar BP School
    1,060 feet
  9. Eis Laasois Child Development Services Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,060 feet
  10. Beginning With Children Charter School II School
    1,070 feet
  11. Juan Morel Campos Secondary School
    1,070 feet
  12. Yeshiva Mesivta Arugath Habosem School
    1,080 feet
  13. P.S. 380 John Wayne Elementary School
    1,170 feet
  14. Bnois Spinka School
    1,170 feet
  15. Beth Chana School School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,260 feet
  16. BR School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,290 feet
  17. Yeshiva Yesode Hatorah School
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Sarah J.S. Tompkins Garnet Playground
    660 feet

Health care

  1. Bedford Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation Nursing home or hospice
    1,180 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 125 Heyward Street Older adult center
    390 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,290 feet

Supermarkets

  1. One Stop Kosher Supermarket
    860 feet
  2. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are six places to eat and 16 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Lee Avenue or Rutledge 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.