Metropolitan Avenue & Driggs Avenue

Metropolitan Avenue and Driggs Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 22 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Northside Community Garden is 560 feet away. The nearest subway, Bedford Av, is about four minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 31 public places, 11 of them religious buildings, and 136 places to eat. About 2,200 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
6 hurt
22 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Bedford Av
990 feet · 4 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
170 feet
Driggs Av/N 4 St · B62
Within a walk
31 places
11 religious buildings, 6 day care or pre-K sites and 10 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Metropolitan Avenue & Driggs Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Bedford Av, 990 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bedford Av L
    990 feet
    L

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. L …
Outbound
1 line
  1. L …

Also within a walk

  1. Metropolitan Av/Lorimer St G, L
    0.4 miles
    G L

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “No Less Than Everything Comes Together” (2021) by Marcel Dzama at the Bedford Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Driggs Av/N 4 St, 170 feet away, for the B62.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Driggs Av/N 4 St B62
    170 feet
    B62

Next buses at this stop

  1. B62 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Driggs Avenue.

  • 94 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 5 of them on-street corrals
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Roebling St & N 4 St 25 docks in all
    450 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway westbound at Marcy Avenue & Hope Street, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 451 Lorimer Street Gas station
    0.8 miles
  2. 134 North 4th Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    1,090 feet
  3. 260 South 4th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    0.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 22 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 6 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 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
34
Police precinct
90 and 94 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Williamsburg
Elevation
28 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • 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.

Since 2014 at least 12 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 62 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2016 and March 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Driggs Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

West side of Driggs Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Metropolitan Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING HOTEL LOADING ZONE

South side of Metropolitan Avenue

  • Carshare only 1 sign CARSHARE PARKING ONLY OTHERS NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 27 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Italianate, and mostly built between 1854 and 1868.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 31 public places.

  • 11 religious buildings
  • 6 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 gardens
  • 3 schools
  • 1 ambulance station
  • 7 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Conselyea Preparatory School
    680 feet
  2. P.S. 017 Henry D. Woodworth School
    680 feet
  3. Unity Preparatory Upper Charter School of Brooklyn School
    740 feet
Show all 9
  1. Kings Bay YM-YWHA Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    780 feet
  2. KidCo Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    820 feet
  3. Guidepost Fic B Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    820 feet
  4. Guidepost Montessori Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    820 feet
  5. Chabad of North Brooklyn Pre-K
    1,000 feet
  6. Nuestros Ninos Day Care Center III Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,160 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Grand Street Community Garden
    460 feet
  2. Ascenzi Square
    530 feet
  3. Northside Community Garden
    560 feet
Show all 5
  1. El Puente: Espiritu Tierra Community Garden - Earth Spirit Garden
    1,050 feet
  2. Jaime Campiz Playground
    1,310 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. North 5th Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,190 feet

Health care

  1. EMS Station 35 Ambulance station
    610 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. City Reliquary Museum
    910 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Our Lady of Consolation Church House of worship
    740 feet
  2. First Spanish Presbyterian Church House of worship
    1,160 feet
  3. Annunciation Church House of worship
    1,180 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Metropolitan Recreation Center
    460 feet
  2. Older adult center at 179 North 6th Street Older adult center
    920 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 221/Ladder 104 Fire station
    1,040 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    550 feet
  2. Capital One Bank branch
    690 feet
  3. Citibank Bank branch
    730 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    300 feet
  2. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    760 feet
  3. CTown Supermarket
    1,270 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    600 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 136 places to eat and 15 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 19 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Driggs Avenue or Metropolitan Avenue.

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