South 2nd Street & Borinquen Place

South 2nd Street and Borinquen Place meet at a three-way junction in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Strawberry Playground is 470 feet away. The nearest subway, Metropolitan Av/Lorimer St, is about five minutes on foot, and five subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 26 public places, seven of them parks, and 39 places to eat. A bike lane separated from traffic runs along Borinquen Place.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Metropolitan Av/Lorimer St
1,190 feet · 5 min on foot · G, L
Nearest bus stop
170 feet
Borinquen Pl/S 1 St · Q54
Within a walk
26 places
7 parks, 6 religious buildings and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
South 2nd Street & Borinquen Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Metropolitan Av/Lorimer St, 1,190 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 5 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Metropolitan Av/Lorimer St G, L
    1,190 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. Marcy Av J, M, Z
    0.3 miles
    J M Z
  2. Hewes St J, M
    0.3 miles
    J M

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, 170 feet away, for the Q54.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q54 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Borinquen Place.

  • 63 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. S 4 St & Rodney St 21 docks in all
    730 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Borinquen Place, 480 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 451 Lorimer Street Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 260 South 4th Street Charging for electric cars, fast chargers
    1,140 feet

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported eight crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in August 2025.

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

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 117 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 98 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2018 and August 2019, and the sign on the street decides.

South side of Borinquen Place

  • No stopping 4 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

North side of South 2nd Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of South 2nd Street

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 26 public places.

  • 7 parks
  • 6 religious buildings
  • 5 day care or pre-K sites
  • 4 playgrounds
  • 2 gardens
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Brooklyn Arbor Elementary School
    520 feet
  2. P.S. 319 Pre-K
    530 feet
  3. Two by Two Childcare Preschool Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    620 feet
Show all 6
  1. Amazing Explorers Williamsburg Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    970 feet
  2. Cuddles Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,250 feet
  3. Kiddie Academy of Williamsburg Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Blue Playground
    230 feet
  2. Rodney Playground Center Park
    260 feet
  3. Strawberry Playground
    470 feet
Show all 13
  1. Rodney Playground South Playground
    480 feet
  2. Marcy Green North Park
    680 feet
  3. Rodney Park North Park
    720 feet
  4. Keap Fourth Community Garden
    730 feet
  5. Marcy Green Center Park
    920 feet
  6. Rodney Park Center Park
    980 feet
  7. Marcy Green South Park
    1,180 feet
  8. Ten Eyck Garden
    1,240 feet
  9. La Guardia Playground
    1,240 feet
  10. Lithuania Square
    1,260 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Williamsburg Post Office
    830 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 39 places to eat and 25 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 23 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Borinquen Place or South 2nd Street.

Sources: NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Technology and Innovation, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.