Lorimer Street & Bayard Street

Lorimer Street and Bayard Street meet at a four-way crossing in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. McCarren Play Center is 380 feet away, and the mural “Double Sun” is 420 feet away. The nearest subway, Metropolitan Av/Lorimer St, is about seven minutes on foot, for the G and L. Within a five-minute walk are 19 public places, four of them parks, and 33 places to eat. About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
1 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Metropolitan Av/Lorimer St
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · G, L
Nearest bus stop
50 feet
Lorimer St/Bayard St · B48
Within a walk
19 places
4 parks, 3 schools and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Lorimer Street & Bayard 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 seven minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  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. Nassau Av G
    0.4 miles
    G
  2. Bedford 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 Lorimer St/Bayard St, 50 feet away, for the B48.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B48 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 42 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 9 of them on-street corrals
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Bayard St & Leonard St 43 docks in all
    380 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. 395 Leonard Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    870 feet
  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 four crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, May 2026
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, May 2026

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11222
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 1
City Council district
33
Police precinct
94
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Williamsburg
Elevation
11 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 9 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 120 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the American basswood.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 40 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2014 and October 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Bayard Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Bayard Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM

East side of Lorimer Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Lorimer Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and three buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Art Moderne. They were built between 1934 and 1936.

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in McCarren Park.

  1. Double Sun Mural by Mary Temple, 2016
    420 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nineteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 parks
  • 3 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 pedestrian plazas
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 6 other places

Schools and child care

  1. John Ericsson Middle School 126 School
    790 feet
  2. Northside Charter High School
    790 feet
  3. Learning Steps Day Care Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,050 feet
Show all 5
  1. Bedford Stuy New Beginnings CHS School
    1,150 feet
  2. City Kids Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,200 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. McCarren Park
    50 feet
  2. Pvt. Sonsire Triangle
    680 feet
  3. Vincent V Abate Playground
    740 feet
Show all 8
  1. Green Dome Garden
    880 feet
  2. Father Giorgio Triangle
    980 feet
  3. Dog Run in McCarren Park Dog run
    990 feet
  4. Badame Sessa Triangle
    1,140 feet
  5. Ericsson Playground
    1,170 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Frost Street Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    800 feet
  2. North 10th & Union Avenue Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,180 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Russian Orthodox Cathedral of the Transfiguration of Our Lord Listed historic place
    1,090 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. McCarren Play Center Recreation center · landmark
    380 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 229/Ladder 146 Fire station
    640 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 33 places to eat and two food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Bayard Street or Lorimer Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health and NYS Agriculture and Markets, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.