Leonard Street & Maujer Street

Leonard Street and Maujer Street meet at a four-way crossing in East Williamsburg, Brooklyn. The corner is also named Father Alfred F. Sepe Corner by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Brooklyn corner. P.S. 018 Edward Bush is 190 feet away, and St John Evangelist Lutheran Church is 1,230 feet away. The nearest subway, Metropolitan Av/Lorimer St, is about six minutes on foot, and four subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 17 public places, six of them religious buildings, and 48 places to eat.

Safety record
5 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Metropolitan Av/Lorimer St
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · G, L
Nearest bus stop
650 feet
Grand St/Lorimer St · Q54, Q59
Within a walk
17 places
6 religious buildings, 4 schools and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Leonard Street & Maujer Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Metropolitan Av/Lorimer St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Metropolitan Av/Lorimer St G, L
    0.3 miles
    G L

Next trains at this station

Queens
1 line
  1. G …
Southbound
1 line
  1. G …
Manhattan
1 line
  1. L …
Outbound
1 line
  1. L …

Also within a walk

  1. Grand St L
    0.4 miles
    L
  2. Graham Av L
    0.4 miles
    L

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Signs of Life” (2000) by Jackie Chang and “Personal Choice #5” (2023) by Chloë Bass at the Metropolitan Av/Lorimer St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Grand St/Lorimer St, 650 feet away, for the Q54 and Q59.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Grand St/Lorimer St Q54, Q59
    650 feet
    Q54 Q59

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q54 …
  2. Q59 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Leonard Street.

  • 62 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 2 of them on-street corrals
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Leonard St & Maujer St 24 docks in all
    80 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Borinquen Place, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 451 Lorimer Street Gas station
    620 feet
  2. 462 Keap Street Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 260 South 4th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    0.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11206
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 1
City Council district
34
Police precinct
90
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East Williamsburg
Elevation
37 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Father Alfred F. Sepe Corner, a co-naming enacted on June 2, 1995 (Local Law 49 of 1995).

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 2,700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 269 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 66 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Father Alfred F. Sepe Corner.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 38 signs on these blocks
  • 11 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2014 and October 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Leonard Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

West side of Leonard Street

  • Back-in parking only 4 signs BACK IN ANGLE PARKING ONLY
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Maujer Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of Maujer Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 303286.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and seven buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Modern. They were built between 1935 and 1938.

  1. Williamsburg Houses Designated landmark
    210 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seventeen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 4 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 garden
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 018 Edward Bush School
    190 feet
  2. Bushwick United Housing Dev Fund/ Bushwick United Hs/ Early Learn Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    210 feet
  3. Bushwick Improvement Society Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    680 feet
Show all 6
  1. Brooklyn Latin School, The School
    980 feet
  2. Lyons Community School
    980 feet
  3. The Williamsburg High School of Art and Technology School
    980 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Martinez Playground
    900 feet
  2. Ten Eyck Plaza Playground
    930 feet
  3. Ten Eyck Garden
    980 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Moslem Mosque Listed historic place
    650 feet
  2. Leonard Library
    1,180 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St John Evangelist Lutheran Church Listed historic place
    1,230 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,230 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    950 feet
  2. Bravo Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 48 places to eat and 16 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Leonard Street or Maujer 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 Records, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.