South 1st Street & Hooper Street

South 1st Street and Hooper Street meet at a four-way crossing in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Blue Playground is 860 feet away. The nearest subway, Metropolitan Av/Lorimer St, is about three minutes on foot, and five subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 20 public places, six of them religious buildings, and 49 places to eat. About 3,400 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
3 hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Metropolitan Av/Lorimer St
710 feet · 3 min on foot · G, L
Nearest bus stop
270 feet
Borinquen Pl/S 1 St · Q54
Within a walk
20 places
6 religious buildings, 4 day care or pre-K sites and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
South 1st Street & Hooper Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Metropolitan Av/Lorimer St, 710 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 5 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Metropolitan Av/Lorimer St G, L
    710 feet
    G L

Next trains at this station

Queens
1 line
  1. G …
Southbound
1 line
  1. G …
Manhattan
1 line
  1. L …
Outbound
1 line
  1. L …

Also within a walk

  1. Hewes St J, M
    0.3 miles
    J M
  2. Broadway G
    0.4 miles
    G

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Signs of Life” (2000) by Jackie Chang and “Personal Choice #5” (2023) by Chloë Bass at the Metropolitan Av/Lorimer St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Borinquen Pl/S 1 St, 270 feet away, for the Q54.

  • 18 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Borinquen Pl/S 1 St Q54
    270 feet
    Q54

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q54 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 77 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 7 of them on-street corrals
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Hope St & Union Ave 25 docks in all
    690 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Borinquen Place, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 247 Union Avenue Gas station
    1,220 feet
  2. 462 Keap Street Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 260 South 4th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    0.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2024.

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
24 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 3,400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 177 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 78 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

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

East side of Hooper Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

West side of Hooper Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of South 1st Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of South 1st Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Romanesque Revival, and built between 1879 and 1881.

  1. Colored School No. 3, later Public School 69 Designated landmark
    770 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twenty public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 4 playgrounds
  • 3 gardens
  • 2 parks
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Two by Two Childcare Preschool Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    750 feet
  2. P.S. 319 Pre-K
    960 feet
  3. Nuestros Ninos Day Car 1 Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,030 feet
Show all 5
  1. Brooklyn Arbor Elementary School
    1,050 feet
  2. Amazing Explorers Williamsburg Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,120 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Ten Eyck Garden
    510 feet
  2. Lithuania Square
    710 feet
  3. Blue Playground
    860 feet
Show all 9
  1. Ten Eyck Plaza Playground
    880 feet
  2. Hooper Grove Garden
    980 feet
  3. Rodney Playground Center Park
    990 feet
  4. Keap Fourth Community Garden
    1,160 feet
  5. Strawberry Playground
    1,200 feet
  6. Rodney Playground South Playground
    1,210 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 49 places to eat and 24 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 Hooper Street or South 1st 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 Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.