Lorimer Street & Throop Avenue

Lorimer Street and Throop Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in South Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 12 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Lindsay Triangle is 50 feet away. The nearest subway, Lorimer St, is about a minute on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 19 public places, five of them religious buildings, and five places to eat. About 2,800 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
6 hurt
12 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Lorimer St
190 feet · 1 min on foot · J, M
Nearest bus stop
100 feet
Lorimer St/Broadway · B48
Within a walk
19 places
5 religious buildings, 4 schools and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Lorimer Street & Throop Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Lorimer St, 190 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Lorimer St J, M
    190 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
    740 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/Broadway, 100 feet away, for the B48.

  • 13 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Lorimer St/Broadway B48
    100 feet
    B48

Next buses at this stop

  1. B48 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Lorimer St & Broadway 29 docks in all
    100 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
    0.3 miles
  2. 7 Marcus Garvey Boulevard Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    0.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 12 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 6 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Safety Improvement Project, 2024
  • Leading pedestrian interval, July 2024

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11206
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 1
City Council district
33
Police precinct
90
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
South Williamsburg
Elevation
11 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, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 32 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 52 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

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

North side of Lorimer Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Lorimer Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

East side of Throop Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

North side of Throop Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Throop Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

West side of Throop Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nineteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 4 schools
  • 3 parks
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. I.S. 318 Eugenio Maria de Hostos School
    370 feet
  2. Kiddies Daycare NY Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,190 feet
  3. Uta 110 School
    1,240 feet
Show all 6
  1. Bais Ruchel High School
    1,250 feet
  2. Bnos Nitra School
    1,260 feet
  3. Talmud Torah Dnitra School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Lindsay Triangle
    50 feet
  2. De Hostos Playground
    470 feet
  3. George Washington Carver Community Garden
    510 feet
Show all 7
  1. Sternberg Park
    650 feet
  2. Harmony Triangle
    850 feet
  3. Sternberg Park Playground
    920 feet
  4. Bartlett Playground
    1,270 feet

Fire and police

  1. Battalion 35/Engine 216/Ladder 108 Fire station
    1,210 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
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 22 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Lorimer Street or Throop Avenue.

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