Leonard Street & Skillman Avenue

Leonard Street and Skillman Avenue 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. School Settlement Association Community Center is 460 feet away, and the Engine 229/Ladder 146 firehouse is 1,220 feet away. The nearest subway, Metropolitan Av/Lorimer St, is about three minutes on foot, for the G and L. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, three of them parks, and 45 places to eat.

Safety record
4 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Metropolitan Av/Lorimer St
920 feet · 3 min on foot · G, L
Nearest bus stop
570 feet
Lorimer St/Skillman Av · B48
Within a walk
13 places
3 parks, 3 religious buildings and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Leonard Street & Skillman Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Metropolitan Av/Lorimer St, 920 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Metropolitan Av/Lorimer St G, L
    920 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

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/Skillman Av, 570 feet away, for the B48.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Lorimer St/Skillman Av B48
    570 feet
    B48

Next buses at this stop

  1. B48 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Leonard Street.

  • 35 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 5 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Jackson St & Leonard St 22 docks in all
    310 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway westbound at Meeker Avenue & Graham Avenue at Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 112 Richardson Street Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 444 Graham Avenue Charging for electric cars, 12 Level 2 chargers
    0.4 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 nine 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 February 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11211
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 1
City Council district
34
Police precinct
94
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East Williamsburg
Elevation
26 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 18 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 69 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 27 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2017 and March 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Leonard Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of Leonard Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

North side of Skillman Avenue

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of Skillman Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

Monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Father Giorgio Square.

  1. Father Giorgio Memorial Stele by A.S. Cianfarani, 1954
    580 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 parks
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 community center
  • 1 fire station
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. B'Above Worldwide Institute Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    710 feet
  2. P.S. 132 the Conselyea School
    860 feet
  3. City Kids Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    960 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Badame Sessa Triangle
    550 feet
  2. Father Giorgio Triangle
    750 feet
  3. Macri Triangle
    1,190 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Frost Street Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,060 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Leonard Library
    810 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. School Settlement Association Community Center
    460 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 229/Ladder 146 Fire station
    1,220 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. City Fresh Market Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 45 places to eat and 15 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 14 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Leonard Street or Skillman Avenue.

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, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.