Scholes Street & Scott Avenue

Scholes Street and Scott Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in East Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 13 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. The nearest subway, Jefferson St, is about nine minutes on foot, for the L. Within a five-minute walk are six places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
13 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Jefferson St
0.5 miles · 9 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
740 feet
Metropolitan Av/Onderdonk Av · Q54

Map

Layers
Scholes Street & Scott Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Jefferson St, 0.5 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  1. Jefferson St L
    0.5 miles
    L

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. L …
Outbound
1 line
  1. L …

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Metropolitan Av/Onderdonk Av, 740 feet away, for the Q54.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Metropolitan Av/Onderdonk Av Q54
    740 feet
    Q54

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q54 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 2 bicycle racks within 820 feet, all of them on-street corrals

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Metropolitan Ave & Stewart Ave 20 docks in all
    0.3 miles

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Varick Avenue, 1.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1176 Metropolitan Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 1074 Grand Street Charging for electric cars, four fast chargers
    0.6 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.

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11237
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 1
City Council district
34
Police precinct
90
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East Williamsburg
Elevation
13 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Trees

Two trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 28 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2014 and February 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Scholes Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM

South side of Scholes Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM

East side of Scott Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM

West side of Scott Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • Truck loading only 3 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-4PM

Within a walk

How places are listed

Supermarkets

  1. Western Beef Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are six places to eat and three food stores.

Not on record for this corner:

  • A signal or safety change
  • Homes within 820 feet
  • A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet
  • A listed public place within a five-minute walk

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Scholes Street or Scott Avenue.

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