Lorimer Street & Montrose Avenue

Lorimer Street and Montrose Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in East Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 25 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Sternberg Park is 50 feet away, and Ten Eyck Plaza is 1,080 feet away. The nearest subway, Lorimer St, is about four minutes on foot, and four subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 21 public places, 11 of them religious buildings, and 17 places to eat.

Safety record
12 hurt
25 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Lorimer St
1,060 feet · 4 min on foot · J, M
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
Montrose Av/Lorimer St · B60
Within a walk
21 places
11 religious buildings, 3 schools and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Lorimer Street & Montrose Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Lorimer St, 1,060 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Lorimer St J, M
    1,060 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
    1,080 feet
    G
  2. Hewes St J, M
    1,160 feet
    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 Montrose Av/Lorimer St, 110 feet away, for the B60.

  • 14 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Montrose Av/Lorimer St B60 · Shelter
    110 feet
    B60
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B60 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 22 bicycle racks within 820 feet, one of them an on-street corral
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Scholes St & Lorimer St 27 docks in all
    620 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Borinquen Place, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 247 Union Avenue Gas station
    1,070 feet
  2. 260 South 4th Street Charging for electric cars, fast chargers
    0.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 25 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 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
18 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 112 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 43 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 33 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2016 and September 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Lorimer Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

West side of Lorimer Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Montrose Avenue

  • Back-in parking only 4 signs BACK IN ANGLE PARKING ONLY
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

South side of Montrose Avenue

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING FIRE ZONE
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 21 public places.

  • 11 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 parks
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 fire station

Schools and child care

  1. Oitzerlech Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    610 feet
  2. P.S. 250 George H. Lindsay School
    850 feet
  3. Bushwick Improvement Society Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,110 feet
Show all 5
  1. Talmud Torah of Kasho School
    1,150 feet
  2. Bnos Chayil School
    1,230 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Sternberg Park
    50 feet
  2. Sternberg Park Playground
    590 feet
  3. Lindsay Triangle
    1,070 feet
Show all 4
  1. Ten Eyck Plaza Playground
    1,080 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Most Holy Trinity Church St Mary House of worship
    1,120 feet

Fire and police

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

Supermarkets

  1. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Beyond Natural Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    560 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 17 places to eat and 12 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 corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Lorimer Street or Montrose Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, 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.