Lorimer Street & Stagg Street

Lorimer Street and Stagg Street meet at a four-way crossing in East Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 20 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Colored School No. 3, later Public School 69, one of two Individual Landmarks within 820 feet, stands 540 feet away. The nearest subway, Hewes St, is about six minutes on foot, and four subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 18 public places, nine of them religious buildings, and 31 places to eat.

Safety record
15 hurt
20 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Hewes St
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · J, M
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
Lorimer St/Stagg St · B48
Within a walk
18 places
9 religious buildings, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Lorimer Street & Stagg Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Hewes St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Hewes St J, M
    0.3 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. Metropolitan Av/Lorimer St G, L
    0.3 miles
    G L
  2. Lorimer St J, M
    0.4 miles
    J M

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “El in 16 Notes” (2002) by Mara Held at the Hewes St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Lorimer St/Stagg St, 110 feet away, for the B48.

  • 14 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Lorimer St/Stagg St B48
    110 feet
    B48

Next buses at this stop

  1. B48 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Borinquen Place, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 451 Lorimer Street Gas station
    680 feet
  2. 462 Keap Street Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 260 South 4th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    0.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 20 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.

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
39 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 178 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 98 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 25 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2015 and July 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Lorimer Street

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

West side of Lorimer Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

North side of Stagg Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of Stagg Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are two Individual Landmarks, and five buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Modern. They were mostly built between 1935 and 1938.

  1. Colored School No. 3, later Public School 69 Designated landmark
    540 feet
  2. Williamsburg Houses Designated landmark
    590 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eighteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 9 religious buildings
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 parks
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 garden
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Bushwick Improvement Society Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    310 feet
  2. Bushwick United Housing Dev Fund/ Bushwick United Hs/ Early Learn Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    780 feet
  3. Oitzerlech Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    860 feet
Show all 4
  1. P.S. 018 Edward Bush School
    1,180 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Ten Eyck Plaza Playground
    290 feet
  2. Lithuania Square
    650 feet
  3. Ten Eyck Garden
    670 feet
Show all 5
  1. Sternberg Park
    840 feet
  2. Martinez Playground
    970 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    1,170 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 31 places to eat and 14 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Lorimer Street or Stagg Street.

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