Lorimer Street & Boerum Street

Lorimer Street and Boerum Street meet at a four-way crossing in East Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 13 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. In 2025, 717 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. I.S. 318 Eugenio Maria de Hostos is 970 feet away. The nearest subway, Lorimer St, is about two minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 16 public places, five of them religious buildings, and ten places to eat.

Safety record
11 hurt
13 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Lorimer St
540 feet · 2 min on foot · J, M
Nearest bus stop
130 feet
Lorimer St/Boerum St · B48
Within a walk
16 places
5 religious buildings, 3 parks and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Lorimer Street & Boerum Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Lorimer St, 540 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Lorimer St J, M
    540 feet
    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
    590 feet
    G
  2. Hewes St J, M
    0.3 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 Lorimer St/Boerum St, 130 feet away, for the B48.

  • 13 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Lorimer St/Boerum St B48 · Shelter
    130 feet
    B48
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B48 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 15 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Leonard St & Boerum St 24 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. 249 Lynch Street Gas station
    1,240 feet
  2. 7 Marcus Garvey Boulevard Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.6 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 13 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 11 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 4 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 717 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 963rd most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 303 more were issued.

School-zone speed camera tickets by the direction of travel written on the ticket
Direction on the ticket20252026 so far
Northbound on Lorimer Street576252
Westbound on Boerum Street14151
Total717303

Every corner with speed camera tickets

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
13 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1963 and 1973.

Since 2014 at least 34 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 77 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 52 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2019 and March 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Boerum Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Parallel parking only 6 signs PARALLEL PARKING ONLY

South side of Boerum Street

  • Back-in parking only 8 signs BACK IN ANGLE PARKING ONLY
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Lorimer Street

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

West side of Lorimer Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Sixteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 3 parks
  • 2 gardens
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 2 schools
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. I.S. 318 Eugenio Maria de Hostos School
    970 feet
  2. Oitzerlech Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,130 feet
  3. Talmud Torah of Kasho School
    1,240 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Sternberg Park
    50 feet
  2. Sternberg Park Playground
    310 feet
  3. Lindsay Triangle
    550 feet
Show all 7
  1. De Hostos Playground
    1,070 feet
  2. George Washington Carver Community Garden
    1,120 feet
  3. Sunshine Community Garden
    1,240 feet
  4. Harmony Triangle
    1,310 feet

Fire and police

  1. Battalion 35/Engine 216/Ladder 108 Fire station
    1,060 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Bravo Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    1,080 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are ten places to eat and ten 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 Boerum Street or Lorimer Street.

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