Metropolitan Avenue & Roebling Street

Metropolitan Avenue and Roebling Street meet at a four-way crossing in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 16 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Ascenzi Square is 170 feet away. The nearest subway, Bedford Av, is about five minutes on foot, and five subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 33 public places, 11 of them religious buildings, and 110 places to eat. About 2,400 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
12 hurt
16 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Bedford Av
1,200 feet · 5 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
480 feet
Roebling St/Grand St · Q59
Within a walk
33 places
11 religious buildings, 6 day care or pre-K sites and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Metropolitan Avenue & Roebling Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Bedford Av, 1,200 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 5 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bedford Av L
    1,200 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
    0.3 miles
    G L
  2. Marcy Av J, M, Z
    0.5 miles
    J M Z

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 Roebling St/Grand St, 480 feet away, for the Q59.

  • 16 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Roebling St/Grand St Q59 · Shelter
    480 feet
    Q59
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q59 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Roebling St & N 4 St 25 docks in all
    90 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
    0.7 miles
  2. 134 North 4th Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    1,230 feet
  3. 260 South 4th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    0.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 16 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 12 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 4 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2024.

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
24 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 2,400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 51 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 71 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 20 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2015 and May 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Metropolitan Avenue

  • Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AVO FIRE DEPARTMENT
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of Metropolitan Avenue

  • Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AVO FIRE DEPARTMENT
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

East side of Roebling Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Roebling Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

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 33 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Conselyea Preparatory School
    310 feet
  2. P.S. 017 Henry D. Woodworth School
    310 feet
  3. Kings Bay YM-YWHA Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    410 feet
Show all 12
  1. Unity Preparatory Upper Charter School of Brooklyn School
    950 feet
  2. Guidepost Fic B Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    1,000 feet
  3. Guidepost Montessori Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,000 feet
  4. Brooklyn Preparatory High School
    1,020 feet
  5. Williamsburg High School for Architecture and Design School
    1,020 feet
  6. Williamsburg Preparatory School
    1,020 feet
  7. KidCo Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,030 feet
  8. Chabad of North Brooklyn Pre-K
    1,200 feet
  9. Nuestros Ninos Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,240 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Ascenzi Square
    170 feet
  2. Grand Street Community Garden
    580 feet
  3. Northside Community Garden
    770 feet
Show all 5
  1. El Puente: Espiritu Tierra Community Garden - Earth Spirit Garden
    850 feet
  2. Jaime Campiz Playground
    940 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. North 5th Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    820 feet

Health care

  1. EMS Station 35 Ambulance station
    250 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. City Reliquary Museum
    540 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Annunciation Church House of worship
    810 feet
  2. Our Lady of Consolation Church House of worship
    1,110 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Metropolitan Recreation Center
    830 feet
  2. Older adult center at 179 North 6th Street Older adult center
    1,130 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    920 feet
  2. Citibank Bank branch
    1,010 feet
  3. Capital One Bank branch
    1,050 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    670 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    950 feet
  3. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    1,000 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    970 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 110 places to eat and 12 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 18 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Metropolitan Avenue or Roebling 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 Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.