South 2nd Street & Havemeyer Street

South 2nd Street and Havemeyer Street meet at a four-way crossing in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. The corner is also named Ramon Raimundi Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. The Dime Savings Bank of Williamsburgh stands 760 feet away. The nearest subway, Marcy Av, is about five minutes on foot, and five subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 33 public places, seven of them parks, and 71 places to eat.

Safety record
5 hurt
11 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Marcy Av
1,190 feet · 5 min on foot · J, M, Z
Nearest bus stop
580 feet
Marcy Av/S 2 St · B24
Within a walk
33 places
7 parks, 6 day care or pre-K sites and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
South 2nd Street & Havemeyer Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Marcy Av, 1,190 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  • 5 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Marcy Av J, M, Z
    1,190 feet
    J M Z

Next trains at this station

Outbound
3 lines
  1. J …
  2. M …
  3. Z …
Manhattan
3 lines
  1. J …
  2. M …
  3. Z …

Also within a walk

  1. Metropolitan Av/Lorimer St G, L
    0.4 miles
    G L
  2. Bedford Av L
    0.5 miles
    L

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Space Odyssey” (2004) by Ellsworth Ausby at the Marcy Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Marcy Av/S 2 St, 580 feet away, for the B24.

  • 17 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Marcy Av/S 2 St B24
    580 feet
    B24

Next buses at this stop

  1. B24 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 77 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 5 of them on-street corrals
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Grand St & Havemeyer St 31 docks in all
    520 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Williamsburg Bridge at Roebling Street & Williamsburg Bridge, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 247 Union Avenue Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 260 South 4th Street Charging for electric cars, fast chargers
    0.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 11 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 5 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 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
Elevation
36 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Ramon Raimundi Way, a co-naming enacted on January 20, 2019 (Local Law 24 of 2019).

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1910 and 1924.

Since 2014 at least 8 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 69 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Ramon Raimundi Way.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 40 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules
  • 6 active meters
  • 4 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2015 and April 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Havemeyer Street

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

West side of Havemeyer Street

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

North side of South 2nd Street

  • Time-limited parking 2 signs 1 HOUR PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of South 2nd Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 304400, 335073, 339083 and 339084.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and two buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Italianate and Neoclassical, one each. They were built between 1856 and 1908.

  1. The Dime Savings Bank of Williamsburgh Designated landmark
    760 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 33 public places.

  • 7 parks
  • 6 day care or pre-K sites
  • 5 playgrounds
  • 5 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 7 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Nuestros Ninos Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    170 feet
  2. J.H.S. 050 John D. Wells School
    860 feet
  3. Success Academy Charter School - Williamsburg School
    860 feet
Show all 9
  1. Kings Bay YM-YWHA Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,020 feet
  2. Guidepost Fic B Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    1,030 feet
  3. Guidepost Montessori Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,030 feet
  4. Kiddie Academy of Williamsburg Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,130 feet
  5. Nuestros Ninos Day Care Center III Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,190 feet
  6. Brooklyn Arbor Elementary School
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. El Puente: Espiritu Tierra Community Garden - Earth Spirit Garden
    570 feet
  2. La Guardia Playground
    700 feet
  3. Marcy Green North Park
    750 feet
Show all 14
  1. Strawberry Playground
    930 feet
  2. Rodney Playground Center Park
    930 feet
  3. Rodney Playground South Playground
    930 feet
  4. Marcy Green Center Park
    990 feet
  5. Continental Army Plaza
    1,090 feet
  6. Blue Playground
    1,110 feet
  7. Jaime Campiz Playground
    1,160 feet
  8. Grand Street Community Garden
    1,180 feet
  9. Rodney Park North Park
    1,210 feet
  10. Marcy Green South Park
    1,260 feet
  11. Ascenzi Square
    1,300 feet

Health care

  1. EMS Station 35 Ambulance station
    1,170 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. City Reliquary Museum
    1,080 feet

Houses of worship

  1. First Spanish Presbyterian Church House of worship
    1,190 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Williamsburg Post Office
    810 feet
  2. Older adult center at 201 South 4th Street Older adult center
    1,010 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 221/Ladder 104 Fire station
    1,230 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,040 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,160 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    410 feet
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 71 places to eat and 16 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 17 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Havemeyer Street or South 2nd 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 Records, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.