Rodney Street & Hope Street

Rodney Street and Hope Street meet at a four-way crossing in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Blue Playground is 480 feet away. The nearest subway, Metropolitan Av/Lorimer St, is about three minutes on foot, and five subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 16 public places, five of them religious buildings, and 45 places to eat. About 2,400 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
1 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Metropolitan Av/Lorimer St
760 feet · 3 min on foot · G, L
Nearest bus stop
310 feet
Rodney St/Grand St · B24
Within a walk
16 places
5 religious buildings, 4 playgrounds and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Rodney Street & Hope Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Metropolitan Av/Lorimer St, 760 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 5 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Metropolitan Av/Lorimer St G, L
    760 feet
    G L

Next trains at this station

Queens
1 line
  1. G …
Southbound
1 line
  1. G …
Manhattan
1 line
  1. L …
Outbound
1 line
  1. L …

Also within a walk

  1. Marcy Av J, M, Z
    0.4 miles
    J M Z
  2. Bedford Av L
    0.4 miles
    L

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Signs of Life” (2000) by Jackie Chang and “Personal Choice #5” (2023) by Chloë Bass at the Metropolitan Av/Lorimer St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Rodney St/Grand St, 310 feet away, for the B24.

  • 18 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Rodney St/Grand St B24
    310 feet
    B24

Next buses at this stop

  1. B24 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 86 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 9 of them on-street corrals
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Hope St & Union Ave 25 docks in all
    760 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
    0.4 miles
  2. 462 Keap Street Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  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 three crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11211
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 1
City Council district
34
Police precinct
90
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Williamsburg
Elevation
14 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • A designated truck route
  • Three of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 2,400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 197 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 31 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 15 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2020 and March 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Hope Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of Hope Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

East side of Rodney Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Rodney Street

  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Sixteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 4 playgrounds
  • 3 parks
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 pedestrian plaza
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Amazing Explorers Williamsburg Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    180 feet
  2. Two by Two Childcare Preschool Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    540 feet
  3. Brooklyn Arbor Elementary School
    1,130 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Blue Playground
    480 feet
  2. Macri Triangle
    720 feet
  3. Rodney Playground Center Park
    870 feet
Show all 7
  1. Jaime Campiz Playground
    870 feet
  2. Strawberry Playground
    1,080 feet
  3. Rodney Playground South Playground
    1,090 feet
  4. Marcy Green North Park
    1,290 feet

Plazas and public spaces

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

Houses of worship

  1. Annunciation Church House of worship
    1,140 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.5 miles
  3. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 45 places to eat and 13 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 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, Hope Street or Rodney Street.

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