Rodney Street & South 1st Street

Rodney Street and South 1st Street meet at a three-way junction in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Blue Playground is 40 feet away. The nearest subway, Metropolitan Av/Lorimer St, is about five minutes on foot, and five subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 19 public places, seven of them parks, and 32 places to eat. About 2,900 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
1 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Metropolitan Av/Lorimer St
1,230 feet · 5 min on foot · G, L
Nearest bus stop
180 feet
Rodney St/Grand St · B24
Within a walk
19 places
7 parks, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Rodney Street & South 1st Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Metropolitan Av/Lorimer St, 1,230 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 5 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Metropolitan Av/Lorimer St G, L
    1,230 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
    0.3 miles
    J M Z
  2. Hewes St J, M
    0.4 miles
    J M

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, 180 feet away, for the B24.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B24 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 73 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 7 of them on-street corrals
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. S 4 St & Rodney St 21 docks in all
    860 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway westbound at Marcy Avenue & Hope Street, 0.4 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
    0.4 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 six crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2025.

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
17 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 138 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 67 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2017 and July 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Rodney Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-11AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

North side of South 1st Street

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

South side of South 1st Street

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nineteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 parks
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 1 garden
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Brooklyn Arbor Elementary School
    650 feet
  2. Two by Two Childcare Preschool Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    650 feet
  3. Amazing Explorers Williamsburg Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    670 feet
Show all 4
  1. P.S. 319 Pre-K
    910 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Blue Playground
    40 feet
  2. Rodney Playground Center Park
    390 feet
  3. Strawberry Playground
    600 feet
Show all 11
  1. Rodney Playground South Playground
    610 feet
  2. Marcy Green North Park
    810 feet
  3. Rodney Park North Park
    850 feet
  4. Marcy Green Center Park
    1,050 feet
  5. Keap Fourth Community Garden
    1,110 feet
  6. Rodney Park Center Park
    1,110 feet
  7. Macri Triangle
    1,200 feet
  8. Marcy Green South Park
    1,310 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Williamsburg Post Office
    960 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 32 places to eat and 20 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 18 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Rodney Street or South 1st 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.