Roebling Street & North 4th Street

Roebling Street and North 4th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. The corner is also named Ascenzi Square by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Conselyea Preparatory School is 270 feet away. The nearest subway, Bedford Av, is about four minutes on foot, and five subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 32 public places, ten of them religious buildings, and 111 places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Bedford Av
1,160 feet · 4 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
380 feet
Metropolitan Av/Havemeyer St · Q59
Within a walk
32 places
10 religious buildings, 6 schools and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Roebling Street & North 4th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Bedford Av, 1,160 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 5 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bedford Av L
    1,160 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 Metropolitan Av/Havemeyer St, 380 feet away, for the Q59.

  • 16 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Metropolitan Av/Havemeyer St Q59
    380 feet
    Q59

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q59 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 86 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
    140 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
    1,080 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 one crash at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2022.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11211
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 1
City Council district
34
Police precinct
94
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Williamsburg
Elevation
22 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Ascenzi Square, a co-naming enacted on March 29, 1939 (Local Law 24 of 1939).

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • 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 51 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 72 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Ascenzi Square.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

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

North side of North 4th Street

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

South side of North 4th Street

  • Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AVO FIRE DEPARTMENT
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

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 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

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 32 public places.

  • 10 religious buildings
  • 6 schools
  • 5 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 gardens
  • 2 parks
  • 6 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Conselyea Preparatory School
    270 feet
  2. P.S. 017 Henry D. Woodworth School
    270 feet
  3. Kings Bay YM-YWHA Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    570 feet
Show all 11
  1. Brooklyn Preparatory High School
    870 feet
  2. Williamsburg High School for Architecture and Design School
    870 feet
  3. Williamsburg Preparatory School
    870 feet
  4. Unity Preparatory Upper Charter School of Brooklyn School
    910 feet
  5. KidCo Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    990 feet
  6. Guidepost Fic B Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    1,150 feet
  7. Guidepost Montessori Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,150 feet
  8. Chabad of North Brooklyn Pre-K
    1,160 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Ascenzi Square
    40 feet
  2. Northside Community Garden
    710 feet
  3. Grand Street Community Garden
    730 feet
Show all 6
  1. Jaime Campiz Playground
    840 feet
  2. El Puente: Espiritu Tierra Community Garden - Earth Spirit Garden
    1,010 feet
  3. Macri Triangle
    1,300 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. North 5th Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    720 feet

Health care

  1. EMS Station 35 Ambulance station
    230 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. City Reliquary Museum
    430 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Annunciation Church House of worship
    710 feet
  2. Our Lady of Consolation Church House of worship
    1,270 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Metropolitan Recreation Center
    980 feet
  2. Older adult center at 179 North 6th Street Older adult center
    1,080 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    970 feet
  2. Capital One Bank branch
    1,010 feet
  3. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    1,070 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    820 feet
  2. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    950 feet
  3. CTown Supermarket
    1,110 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    1,110 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 111 places to eat and 11 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along North 4th Street or Roebling 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 Records, 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.