Marcy Avenue & Brooklyn-Queens Expressway

Marcy Avenue and Brooklyn-Queens Expressway meet at a six-way junction in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Williamsburg Post Office is 260 feet away. The nearest subway, Marcy Av, is about three minutes on foot, and five subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 31 public places, nine of them parks, and 54 places to eat. About 2,600 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1910 and 1930, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
6 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Marcy Av
820 feet · 3 min on foot · J, M, Z
Nearest bus stop
100 feet
Marcy Av/S 2 St · B24
Within a walk
31 places
9 parks, 6 day care or pre-K sites and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Marcy Avenue & Brooklyn-Queens Expressway Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Marcy Av, 820 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  • 5 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Marcy Av J, M, Z
    820 feet
    J M Z

Next trains at this station

Outbound
3 lines
  1. J …
  2. M …
  3. Z …
Manhattan
3 lines
  1. J …
  2. M …
  3. Z …

Also within a walk

  1. Metropolitan Av/Lorimer St G, L
    0.3 miles
    G L
  2. Hewes St J, M
    0.4 miles
    J M

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Space Odyssey” (2004) by Ellsworth Ausby at the Marcy Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Marcy Av/S 2 St, 100 feet away, for the B24.

  • 18 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Marcy Av/S 2 St B24
    100 feet
    B24

Next buses at this stop

  1. B24 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 62 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 4 of them on-street corrals
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. S 4 St & Rodney St 21 docks in all
    640 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Borinquen Place, 770 feet by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 6 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, December 2017

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11211
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 1
City Council district
34
Police precinct
90
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Williamsburg

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 2,600 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 1910 and 1930.

Since 2014 at least 144 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 65 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 24 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2019 and November 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Borinquen Place

  • No stopping 7 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

South side of Borinquen Place

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No stopping 4 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

East side of Marcy Avenue

  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Marcy Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No stopping 2 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

Two buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Neoclassical and Romanesque Revival, one each, and built between 1884 and 1908.

  1. The Dime Savings Bank of Williamsburgh Designated landmark
    620 feet
  2. Saint Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church Designated landmark
    790 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 31 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Brooklyn Arbor Elementary School
    650 feet
  2. Kiddie Academy of Williamsburg Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    720 feet
  3. Nuestros Ninos Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    830 feet
Show all 9
  1. P.S. 319 Pre-K
    870 feet
  2. J.H.S. 050 John D. Wells School
    1,110 feet
  3. Success Academy Charter School - Williamsburg School
    1,110 feet
  4. The Learning Experience Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,140 feet
  5. Two by Two Childcare Preschool Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,190 feet
  6. Cuddles Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,200 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Marcy Green North Park
    100 feet
  2. Strawberry Playground
    270 feet
  3. Rodney Playground Center Park
    280 feet
Show all 16
  1. Rodney Playground South Playground
    280 feet
  2. Marcy Green Center Park
    350 feet
  3. Blue Playground
    460 feet
  4. Rodney Park North Park
    570 feet
  5. Marcy Green South Park
    620 feet
  6. La Guardia Playground
    670 feet
  7. Rodney Park Center Park
    840 feet
  8. Keap Fourth Community Garden
    930 feet
  9. Jaime Campiz Playground
    990 feet
  10. Marcy Park South Park
    1,020 feet
  11. Continental Army Plaza
    1,060 feet
  12. El Puente: Espiritu Tierra Community Garden - Earth Spirit Garden
    1,220 feet
  13. Rodney Park South Park
    1,260 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Williamsburg Post Office
    260 feet
  2. Older adult center at 201 South 4th Street Older adult center
    1,100 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    940 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    1,010 feet
  3. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,140 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    1,060 feet
  2. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    1,020 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 54 places to eat and 23 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 25 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Borinquen Place, Brooklyn-Queens Expressway or Marcy Avenue.

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