Marcy Avenue & Penn Street

Marcy Avenue and Penn Street meet at a four-way crossing in South Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Williamsburgh Library is 1,260 feet away. The nearest subway, Hewes St, is about five minutes on foot, and four subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 42 public places, 28 of them religious buildings, and two places to eat. About 1,800 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1899 and 1920, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
1 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Hewes St
1,300 feet · 5 min on foot · J, M
Nearest bus stop
880 feet
Lee Av/Hewes St · B44, B44 SBS
Within a walk
42 places
28 religious buildings, 9 schools and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Marcy Avenue & Penn Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Hewes St, 1,300 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Hewes St J, M
    1,300 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
    0.3 miles
    G
  2. Marcy Av J, M, Z
    0.3 miles
    J M Z

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, 880 feet away, for the B44 and B44 SBS.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B44 …
  2. B44 SBS …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 13 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Bedford Avenue, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 247 Union Avenue Gas station
    0.5 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 six crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, July 2017

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
37 feet above sea level

The streets

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

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 1899 and 1920.

Trees

NYC Parks records 70 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2017 and June 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Marcy Avenue

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

West side of Marcy Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

North side of Penn Street

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

South side of Penn Street

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 42 public places.

  • 28 religious buildings
  • 9 schools
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 library

Schools and child care

  1. Beginning With Children Charter School II School
    640 feet
  2. Juan Morel Campos Secondary School
    640 feet
  3. El Puente Academy for Peace and Justice School
    680 feet
Show all 13
  1. BR School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    860 feet
  2. United Academy Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    930 feet
  3. Beth Rachel School for Girls 60 School
    950 feet
  4. Beth Rachel School-Girls-68 School
    1,030 feet
  5. Bnos Yakov School for Girls School
    1,030 feet
  6. Beth Rachel School for Girls School
    1,090 feet
  7. P.S. 380 John Wayne Elementary School
    1,160 feet
  8. Yeshivath Kehilath Yakov Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,170 feet
  9. Talmud Torah of Kasho School
    1,170 feet
  10. Little Munchkins Playgroup 56 Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,300 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Williamsburgh Library
    1,260 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Transfiguration RC Church House of worship
    470 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. One Stop Kosher Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are two places to eat and 13 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Marcy Avenue or Penn Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.