Marcy Avenue & Union Avenue

Marcy Avenue and Union Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in South Williamsburg, Brooklyn, at the edge of NYCHA's Marcy development. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Marcy Community Center is 710 feet away. The nearest subway, Flushing Av, is about a minute on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 20 public places, five of them day care or pre-K sites, and ten places to eat.

Safety record
9 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Flushing Av
80 feet · 1 min on foot · G
Nearest bus stop
90 feet
Marcy Av/Flushing Av · T403
Within a walk
20 places
5 day care or pre-K sites, 4 playgrounds and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Marcy Avenue & Union Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Flushing Av, 80 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

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

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Myrtle-Willoughby Avs G
    0.3 miles
    G
  2. Lorimer St J, M
    0.3 miles
    J M

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Marcy Av/Flushing Av, 90 feet away, for the T403.

  • 13 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Marcy Av/Flushing Av T403
    90 feet
    T403

Next buses at this stop

  1. T403 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Union Ave & Wallabout St 31 docks in all
    170 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Bedford Avenue, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 212 Harrison Avenue Gas station
    1,180 feet
  2. 28-17 42nd Road Charging for electric cars, fast chargers
    0.4 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.

  • 9 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2024.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11206
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 1
City Council district
33 and 36 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
79 and 90 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
South Williamsburg

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,500 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 2001 and 2021.

The corner stands at the edge of NYCHA's Marcy development.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 43 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 11 signs on these blocks
  • 3 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2022 and November 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Gerry Street

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

East side of Marcy Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twenty public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 day care or pre-K sites
  • 4 playgrounds
  • 4 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 1 community center
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Kiddies Daycare NY Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    330 feet
  2. Sunny Tots Brooklyn Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    450 feet
  3. Per Scholas Trade or language school
    610 feet
Show all 9
  1. The Williamsburg Daycare Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    680 feet
  2. Beginning With Children Charter School 2 School
    690 feet
  3. Talmud Torah Dnitra School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    690 feet
  4. Bnos Nitra School
    730 feet
  5. Bais Ruchel High School
    880 feet
  6. Owl Early Intervention Program Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    1,030 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. De Hostos Playground
    980 feet
  2. Stockton Playground
    1,000 feet
  3. Bartlett Playground
    1,130 feet
Show all 5
  1. Harmony Triangle
    1,180 feet
  2. Charlie's Place Playground
    1,250 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Pfizer Sites Development Public space
    760 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Marcy Community Center
    710 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

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

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are ten 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 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Gerry Street, Marcy Avenue or Union Avenue.

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