Marcy Avenue & Lorimer Street

Marcy Avenue and Lorimer Street meet at a four-way crossing in South Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. De Hostos Playground is 740 feet away. The nearest subway, Flushing Av, is about three minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 25 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and eight places to eat. About 2,200 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1998 and 2015, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
5 hurt
10 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Flushing Av
830 feet · 3 min on foot · G
Nearest bus stop
40 feet
Lorimer St/Marcy Av · B48
Within a walk
25 places
8 religious buildings, 7 day care or pre-K sites and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Marcy Avenue & Lorimer Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Flushing Av, 830 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Flushing Av G
    830 feet
    G

Next trains at this station

Queens
1 line
  1. G …
Southbound
1 line
  1. G …

Also within a walk

  1. Lorimer St J, M
    0.3 miles
    J M
  2. Broadway G
    0.3 miles
    G

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Lorimer St/Marcy Av, 40 feet away, for the B48.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B48 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Marcy Ave & Lynch St 23 docks in all
    590 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Bedford Avenue, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

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 2,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1998 and 2015.

Since 2014 at least 154 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 91 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the littleleaf linden.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 26 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

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

North side of Lorimer Street

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

South side of Lorimer Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

East side of Marcy Avenue

  • 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 25 public places.

  • 8 religious buildings
  • 7 day care or pre-K sites
  • 6 schools
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 park
  • 1 public space

Schools and child care

  1. Talmud Torah Dnitra School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    480 feet
  2. Bnos Nitra School
    590 feet
  3. P.S. 380 John Wayne Elementary School
    600 feet
Show all 13
  1. Kiddies Daycare NY Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    650 feet
  2. Sunny Tots Brooklyn Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    840 feet
  3. Williamsburg Infant & Early Childhoo Preschool
    930 feet
  4. Owl Early Intervention Program Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    1,090 feet
  5. Bnois Spinka School
    1,140 feet
  6. Beginning With Children Charter School II School
    1,180 feet
  7. Juan Morel Campos Secondary School
    1,180 feet
  8. Eis Laasois Child Development Services Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,210 feet
  9. I.S. 318 Eugenio Maria de Hostos School
    1,270 feet
  10. Blocks Childcare Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. De Hostos Playground
    740 feet
  2. Harmony Triangle
    820 feet
  3. Sarah J.S. Tompkins Garnet Playground
    1,090 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Pfizer Sites Development Public space
    1,260 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    930 feet

Supermarkets

  1. One Stop Kosher Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are eight places to eat and 19 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 16 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Lorimer 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, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.