Marcy Avenue & Hewes Street

Marcy Avenue and Hewes Street meet at a four-way crossing in South Williamsburg, Brooklyn. The corner is also named Sister Peggy Walsh Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. El Puente Academy for Peace and Justice is 410 feet away. The nearest subway, Hewes St, is about four minutes on foot, and four subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 43 public places, 26 of them religious buildings, and three places to eat.

Safety record
4 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Hewes St
1,150 feet · 4 min on foot · J, M
Nearest bus stop
800 feet
Lee Av/Hewes St · B44, B44 SBS
Within a walk
43 places
26 religious buildings, 9 schools and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Marcy Avenue & Hewes Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Hewes St, 1,150 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Hewes St J, M
    1,150 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. Marcy Av J, M, Z
    0.3 miles
    J M Z
  2. Broadway G
    0.3 miles
    G

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 Lee Av/Hewes St, 800 feet away, for the B44 and B44 SBS.

  • 18 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Lee Av/Hewes St B44, B44 SBS
    800 feet
    B44 B44 SBS

Next buses at this stop

  1. B44 …
  2. B44 SBS …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Marcy Ave & Rutledge St 19 docks in all
    590 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Bedford Avenue, 0.5 miles 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
    0.5 miles

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.

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 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
11211
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 1
City Council district
33
Police precinct
90
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
South Williamsburg
Elevation
46 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Sister Peggy Walsh Way, a co-naming enacted on January 19, 2020 (Local Law 26 of 2020).

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 1,900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1899 and 1918.

Trees

NYC Parks records 61 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Sister Peggy Walsh Way.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2018 and July 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Hewes Street

  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-7PM

South side of Hewes Street

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

East side of Marcy Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

West side of Marcy Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 43 public places.

  • 26 religious buildings
  • 9 schools
  • 5 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 parks
  • 1 library

Schools and child care

  1. El Puente Academy for Peace and Justice School
    410 feet
  2. Beth Rachel School for Girls School
    820 feet
  3. Yeshivath Kehilath Yakov Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    900 feet
Show all 14
  1. Beginning With Children Charter School II School
    910 feet
  2. Juan Morel Campos Secondary School
    910 feet
  3. Yeshiva Headstart Keap Street Pre-K
    1,060 feet
  4. Bnos Yakov School
    1,060 feet
  5. Uta 212 School
    1,080 feet
  6. BR School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,130 feet
  7. United Academy Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,200 feet
  8. Beth Rachel School for Girls 60 School
    1,220 feet
  9. School Based Child Care School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,280 feet
  10. Beth Rachel School-Girls-68 School
    1,300 feet
  11. Bnos Yakov School for Girls School
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Rodney Park South Park
    1,130 feet
  2. Marcy Park South Park
    1,160 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Williamsburgh Library
    990 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Transfiguration RC Church House of worship
    210 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Shop Fair Supermarket
    1,320 feet
  2. One Stop Kosher 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 16 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 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Hewes Street or Marcy 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 Records, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.