Roebling Street & South 2nd Street

Roebling Street and South 2nd Street meet at a four-way crossing in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 13 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Continental Army Plaza is 620 feet away. The nearest subway, Marcy Av, is about six minutes on foot, and four subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 28 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and 95 places to eat. About 3,300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1910 and 1920, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
6 hurt
13 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Marcy Av
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · J, M, Z
Nearest bus stop
500 feet
Roebling St/Grand St · Q59
Within a walk
28 places
8 religious buildings, 5 day care or pre-K sites and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Roebling Street & South 2nd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Marcy Av, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Marcy Av J, M, Z
    0.3 miles
    J M Z

Next trains at this station

Outbound
3 lines
  1. J …
  2. M …
  3. Z …
Manhattan
3 lines
  1. J …
  2. M …
  3. Z …

Also within a walk

  1. Bedford Av L
    0.4 miles
    L

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Space Odyssey” (2004) by Ellsworth Ausby at the Marcy Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Roebling St/Grand St, 500 feet away, for the Q59.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q59 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 95 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 6 of them on-street corrals
  • 5 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Driggs Ave & S 2 St 30 docks in all
    480 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Williamsburg Bridge at Roebling Street & Williamsburg Bridge, 870 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 247 Union Avenue Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 260 South 4th Street Charging for electric cars, fast chargers
    0.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 13 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, December 2022

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
43 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1910 and 1920.

Since 2014 at least 6 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 85 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2015 and May 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Roebling Street

  • Carshare only 1 sign CARSHARE PARKING ONLY OTHERS NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

West side of Roebling Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-5PM

North side of South 2nd Street

  • Time-limited parking 2 signs 1 HOUR PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of South 2nd Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 26 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Italianate. They were mostly built between 1854 and 1868.

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Williamsburg Bridge Plaza and Playground.

  1. George Washington at Valley Forge Statue by Henry Merwin Shrady, 1906
    730 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 28 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Nuestros Ninos Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    300 feet
  2. J.H.S. 050 John D. Wells School
    390 feet
  3. Success Academy Charter School - Williamsburg School
    390 feet
Show all 10
  1. Guidepost Fic B Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    560 feet
  2. Guidepost Montessori Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    560 feet
  3. Nuestros Ninos Day Care Center III Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    720 feet
  4. Kings Bay YM-YWHA Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    910 feet
  5. C'E Montessori School
    1,240 feet
  6. Conselyea Preparatory School
    1,260 feet
  7. P.S. 017 Henry D. Woodworth School
    1,260 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. El Puente: Espiritu Tierra Community Garden - Earth Spirit Garden
    100 feet
  2. Continental Army Plaza
    620 feet
  3. Grand Street Community Garden
    710 feet
Show all 6
  1. La Guardia Playground
    890 feet
  2. Ascenzi Square
    1,110 feet
  3. Marcy Green North Park
    1,220 feet

Health care

  1. EMS Station 35 Ambulance station
    1,080 feet

Houses of worship

  1. First Spanish Presbyterian Church House of worship
    720 feet
  2. Holy Trinity Church of Ukrainiane Landmark
    950 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 201 South 4th Street Older adult center
    540 feet
  2. Williamsburg Post Office
    1,280 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 221/Ladder 104 Fire station
    760 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    700 feet
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 95 places to eat and 13 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Roebling Street or South 2nd 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 Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.