Leonard Street & Scholes Street

Leonard Street and Scholes Street meet at a four-way crossing in East Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Williamsburg Houses stands 190 feet away. The nearest subway, Lorimer St, is about eight minutes on foot, and four subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 25 public places, nine of them religious buildings, and 31 places to eat. About 2,200 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
3 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Lorimer St
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · J, M
Nearest bus stop
350 feet
Meserole St/Leonard St · B60
Within a walk
25 places
9 religious buildings, 5 schools and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Leonard Street & Scholes Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Lorimer St J, M
    0.4 miles
    J M

Next trains at this station

Outbound
2 lines
  1. J …
  2. M …
Manhattan
2 lines
  1. J …
  2. M …

Also within a walk

  1. Broadway G
    0.4 miles
    G
  2. Hewes St J, M
    0.4 miles
    J M

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Roundlet Series” (2002) by Annette Davidek at the Lorimer St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Meserole St/Leonard St, 350 feet away, for the B60.

  • 14 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Meserole St/Leonard St B60
    350 feet
    B60

Next buses at this stop

  1. B60 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Leonard Street and Scholes Street.

  • 31 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Scholes St & Manhattan Ave 36 docks in all
    530 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Borinquen Place, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 247 Union Avenue Gas station
    0.3 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 nine crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 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
34 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 87 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 57 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2016 and November 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Leonard Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Leonard Street

  • Back-in parking only 2 signs BACK IN ANGLE PARKING ONLY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Scholes Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of Scholes Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and six 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
    190 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 25 public places.

  • 9 religious buildings
  • 5 schools
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 1 community center
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Bushwick Improvement Society Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    420 feet
  2. Bushwick United Housing Dev Fund/ Bushwick United Hs/ Early Learn Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    570 feet
  3. P.S. 250 George H. Lindsay School
    920 feet
Show all 9
  1. P.S. 018 Edward Bush School
    970 feet
  2. Oitzerlech Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,060 feet
  3. Colony-South Brooklyn Houses Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K · listed historic place
    1,230 feet
  4. Brooklyn Latin School, The School
    1,260 feet
  5. Lyons Community School
    1,260 feet
  6. The Williamsburg High School of Art and Technology School
    1,260 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Martinez Playground
    500 feet
  2. Sternberg Park
    580 feet
  3. Scholes Street Children’s Garden
    690 feet
Show all 5
  1. Sternberg Park Playground
    980 feet
  2. Ten Eyck Plaza Playground
    1,010 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Most Holy Trinity Church St Mary House of worship
    1,110 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 202 Graham Avenue Older adult center
    1,170 feet
  2. Williamsburg Community Center
    1,220 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Beyond Natural Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 31 places to eat and ten food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Leonard Street or Scholes 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, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.