Marcy Avenue & Hope Street

Marcy Avenue and Hope Street meet at a four-way crossing in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Brooklyn corner. Jaime Campiz Playground is 20 feet away, and Williamsburg Preparatory School is 1,310 feet away. The nearest subway, Metropolitan Av/Lorimer St, is about five minutes on foot, and five subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 20 public places, four of them parks, and 55 places to eat. About 2,600 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
3 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Metropolitan Av/Lorimer St
1,230 feet · 5 min on foot · G, L
Nearest bus stop
310 feet
Marcy Av/Metropolitan Av · B24
Within a walk
20 places
4 parks, 4 religious buildings and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Marcy Avenue & Hope Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Metropolitan Av/Lorimer St, 1,230 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 5 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Metropolitan Av/Lorimer St G, L
    1,230 feet
    G L

Next trains at this station

Queens
1 line
  1. G …
Southbound
1 line
  1. G …
Manhattan
1 line
  1. L …
Outbound
1 line
  1. L …

Also within a walk

  1. Marcy Av J, M, Z
    0.3 miles
    J M Z
  2. Bedford Av L
    0.4 miles
    L

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Signs of Life” (2000) by Jackie Chang and “Personal Choice #5” (2023) by Chloë Bass at the Metropolitan Av/Lorimer St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Marcy Av/Metropolitan Av, 310 feet away, for the B24.

  • 18 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Marcy Av/Metropolitan Av B24
    310 feet
    B24

Next buses at this stop

  1. B24 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Grand St & Havemeyer St 31 docks in all
    720 feet

By car

A ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway westbound starts at this corner.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

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
Elevation
16 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • A designated truck route
  • Three 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.

Since 2014 at least 163 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 31 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2016 and July 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Hope Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Hope Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

East side of Marcy Avenue

  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Marcy Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twenty public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 parks
  • 4 religious buildings
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 3 schools
  • 1 ambulance station
  • 5 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Kings Bay YM-YWHA Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    710 feet
  2. Brooklyn Preparatory High School
    1,310 feet
  3. Williamsburg High School for Architecture and Design School
    1,310 feet
Show all 4
  1. Williamsburg Preparatory School
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Jaime Campiz Playground
    20 feet
  2. Macri Triangle
    950 feet
  3. Ascenzi Square
    990 feet
Show all 8
  1. Marcy Green North Park
    1,080 feet
  2. Grand Street Community Garden
    1,250 feet
  3. Strawberry Playground
    1,250 feet
  4. Rodney Playground Center Park
    1,250 feet
  5. Rodney Playground South Playground
    1,250 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. North 5th Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    640 feet

Health care

  1. EMS Station 35 Ambulance station
    870 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. City Reliquary Museum
    770 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Annunciation Church House of worship
    620 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Williamsburg Post Office
    1,230 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    910 feet
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 55 places to eat and six 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 nearest of the 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, Hope 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 Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.