Lorimer Street & Union Avenue

Lorimer Street and Union Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in South Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. I.S. 318 Eugenio Maria de Hostos is 660 feet away. The nearest subway, Lorimer St, is about four minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 24 public places, eight of them schools, and three places to eat.

Safety record
7 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Lorimer St
940 feet · 4 min on foot · J, M
Nearest bus stop
130 feet
Lorimer St/Harrison Av · B48
Within a walk
24 places
8 schools, 6 religious buildings and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Lorimer Street & Union Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Lorimer St, 940 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Lorimer St J, M
    940 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
    970 feet
    G
  2. Flushing Av G
    1,010 feet
    G

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/Harrison Av, 130 feet away, for the B48.

  • 13 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Lorimer St/Harrison Av B48
    130 feet
    B48

Next buses at this stop

  1. B48 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Lorimer St & Harrison Ave 18 docks in all
    130 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Bedford Avenue, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 249 Lynch Street Gas station
    960 feet
  2. 28-17 42nd Road Charging for electric cars, fast chargers
    0.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 7 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2025.

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
13 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 1,800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 2000 and 2019.

Since 2014 at least 161 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 103 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 15 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2014 and April 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Lorimer Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

South side of Lorimer Street

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

East side of Union Avenue

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

West side of Union Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 24 public places.

  • 8 schools
  • 6 religious buildings
  • 5 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 parks
  • 1 garden
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Kiddies Daycare NY Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    440 feet
  2. Bnos Nitra School
    500 feet
  3. Talmud Torah Dnitra School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    520 feet
Show all 13
  1. I.S. 318 Eugenio Maria de Hostos School
    660 feet
  2. Bais Ruchel High School
    880 feet
  3. Sunny Tots Brooklyn Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    920 feet
  4. Beth Rachel School-Girls-68 School
    1,050 feet
  5. Bnos Yakov School for Girls School
    1,050 feet
  6. United Academy Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,150 feet
  7. P.S. 380 John Wayne Elementary School
    1,210 feet
  8. BR School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,220 feet
  9. Beth Rachel School for Girls 60 School
    1,240 feet
  10. Beginning With Children Charter School 2 School
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. De Hostos Playground
    140 feet
  2. Harmony Triangle
    210 feet
  3. Lindsay Triangle
    800 feet
Show all 4
  1. George Washington Carver Community Garden
    850 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Pfizer Sites Development Public space
    850 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet, a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Lorimer Street or Union 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.