Park Avenue & Williamsburg Street West

Park Avenue and Williamsburg Street West meet at a four-way crossing in Fort Greene, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Steuben Playground is 60 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Flushing Av/Steuben St, is 550 feet away for the B57, and seven bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, three of them playgrounds, and one place to eat. About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
3 hurt
10 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Brooklyn-Queens Expressway
0.6 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
550 feet
Flushing Av/Steuben St · B57
Within a walk
6 places
3 playgrounds, 2 parks and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Park Avenue & Williamsburg Street West Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Flushing Av/Steuben St, 550 feet away, for the B57.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Flushing Av/Steuben St B57
    550 feet
    B57

Next buses at this stop

  1. B57 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 4 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Washington Ave & Park Ave 39 docks in all
    1,160 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. 711 Kent Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 15 Washington Avenue Charging for electric cars, three Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.1 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.

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11205
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 2
City Council district
33
Police precinct
88
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Fort Greene
Elevation
28 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Posted limits from 25 to 30 mph
  • Three of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 59 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 58 signs on these blocks
  • 18 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2014 and July 2023; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Park Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Park Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY THURSDAY SATURDAY 3AM-6AM
  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Steuben Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY THURSDAY SATURDAY 3AM-6AM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 6AM-3PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

West side of Steuben Street

  • Carshare only 1 sign CARSHARE PARKING ONLY OTHERS NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING W/ MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY 3AM-6AM

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Six public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 playgrounds
  • 2 parks
  • 1 listed historic place

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Steuben Playground
    60 feet
  2. Classon Playground
    620 feet
  3. Washington Hall Park
    990 feet
Show all 5
  1. Washington Hall Park Playground
    1,060 feet
  2. Classon Triangle
    1,200 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Wallabout Industrial Historic District Listed historic place
    1,160 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. One Stop Kosher Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there is one place to eat and two food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Park Avenue, Steuben Street or Williamsburg Street West.

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 Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.