Scott Avenue & Townsend Street

Scott Avenue and Townsend Street meet at a four-way crossing in East Williamsburg, Brooklyn. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. The nearest bus stop, Meeker Av/Stewart Av, is 0.3 miles away for the B48.

Safety record
No crash on record
in any year the city publishes
Nearest highway entrance
Brooklyn-Queens Expressway
0.4 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
0.3 miles
Meeker Av/Stewart Av · B48

Map

Layers
Scott Avenue & Townsend Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Meeker Av/Stewart Av, 0.3 miles away, for the B48.

  • 1 route within a ten-minute walk
  1. Meeker Av/Stewart Av B48
    0.3 miles
    B48

Next buses at this stop

  1. B48 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Van Dam St & Meeker Ave 31 docks in all
    0.5 miles

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Varick Avenue, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 546 Morgan Avenue Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 444 Graham Avenue Charging for electric cars, 12 Level 2 chargers
    1.2 miles
  3. 1074 Grand Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

No police-reported crash has been recorded at this corner in any year the city publishes.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11222
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 1
City Council district
34
Police precinct
94
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East Williamsburg
Elevation
13 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

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
  • A parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here
  • 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, five of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Scott Avenue or Townsend Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, MTA, NYC DOT, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy and NYPD, retrieved September 19 – October 6, 2026.