Scholes Street & Varick Avenue
Scholes Street and Varick Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in East Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. The nearest bus stop, Metropolitan Av/Stewart Av, is 0.3 miles away for the Q54, and four bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Metropolitan Av/Stewart Av, 0.3 miles away, for the Q54.
- 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Metropolitan Av/Stewart Av Q540.3 milesQ54
Next buses at this stop
- Q54 …
Cycling
Nearest bike-share station
- Metropolitan Ave & Stewart Ave 20 docks in all0.3 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.
- 1176 Metropolitan Avenue Gas station0.4 miles
- 1074 Grand Street Charging for electric cars, four fast chargers0.6 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 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 2024.
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
- 9 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- A designated truck route
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 May 2017 and April 2021, and the sign on the street decides.
North side of Scholes Street
- No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
South side of Scholes Street
- No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
- Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 6AM-7PM
East side of Varick Avenue
- No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
Not on record for this corner:
- A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
- A bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet
- 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 corners within a three-minute walk:
- Varick Avenue & Stagg Street 260 feet
- Meserole Street & Varick Avenue 270 feet
- Scholes Street & Stewart Avenue 460 feet
- Varick Avenue & Meadow Street 520 feet
- Stewart Avenue & Stagg Street 720 feet
- Meserole Street & Stewart Avenue 720 feet
- Varick Avenue & Ten Eyck Street 770 feet
- Varick Avenue & Randolph Street 810 feet
See every intersection along Scholes Street or Varick Avenue.