Leonard Street & Powers Street

Leonard Street and Powers Street meet at a four-way crossing in East Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 12 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Leonard Library is 640 feet away. The nearest subway, Metropolitan Av/Lorimer St, is about four minutes on foot, for the G and L. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, six of them religious buildings, and 64 places to eat. About 2,400 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
4 hurt
12 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Metropolitan Av/Lorimer St
1,050 feet · 4 min on foot · G, L
Nearest bus stop
550 feet
Lorimer St/Powers St · B48
Within a walk
13 places
6 religious buildings, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Leonard Street & Powers Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Metropolitan Av/Lorimer St, 1,050 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Metropolitan Av/Lorimer St G, L
    1,050 feet
    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. Graham Av L
    0.3 miles
    L
  2. Grand St 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 Lorimer St/Powers St, 550 feet away, for the B48.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Lorimer St/Powers St B48
    550 feet
    B48

Next buses at this stop

  1. B48 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Leonard Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Leonard St & Maujer St 24 docks in all
    620 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
    1,010 feet
  2. 462 Keap Street Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 260 South 4th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    0.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 12 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11211
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 1
City Council district
34
Police precinct
90
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East Williamsburg
Elevation
32 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 2,400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 171 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 67 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2017 and February 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Leonard Street

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

West side of Leonard Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

North side of Powers Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of Powers Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 301356.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and two 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
    740 feet

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 library
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 018 Edward Bush School
    730 feet
  2. Bushwick United Housing Dev Fund/ Bushwick United Hs/ Early Learn Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    750 feet
  3. St. Nicks Alliance Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    830 feet
Show all 4
  1. Bushwick Improvement Society Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,220 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Moslem Mosque Listed historic place
    260 feet
  2. Leonard Library
    640 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 211 Ainslie Street Older adult center
    830 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,290 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    960 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Bravo Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 64 places to eat and 18 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 Powers 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.