South 2nd Street & Hooper Street

South 2nd Street and Hooper Street meet at a four-way crossing in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Lithuania Square is 560 feet away. The nearest subway, Metropolitan Av/Lorimer St, is about four 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 44 places to eat. About 3,400 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
2 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Metropolitan Av/Lorimer St
960 feet · 4 min on foot · G, L
Nearest bus stop
520 feet
Borinquen Pl/S 1 St · Q54
Within a walk
20 places
6 religious buildings, 4 playgrounds and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Metropolitan Av/Lorimer St, 960 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 5 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Metropolitan Av/Lorimer St G, L
    960 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
    1,150 feet
    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, 520 feet away, for the Q54.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q54 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 75 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 9 of them on-street corrals
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Stagg St & Union Ave 33 docks in all
    650 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Borinquen Place, 1,170 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 247 Union Avenue Gas station
    1,210 feet
  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 five crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

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
26 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 74 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 75 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 25 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2019 and February 2025, 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 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

North side of South 2nd Street

  • Carshare only 2 signs CARSHARE PARKING ONLY OTHERS NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of South 2nd Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

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
    680 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 playgrounds
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 gardens
  • 2 parks
  • 2 schools

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 319 Pre-K
    760 feet
  2. Nuestros Ninos Day Car 1 Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    780 feet
  3. Brooklyn Arbor Elementary School
    850 feet
Show all 5
  1. Two by Two Childcare Preschool Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,000 feet
  2. Bnos Chayil School
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Lithuania Square
    560 feet
  2. Hooper Grove Garden
    730 feet
  3. Ten Eyck Garden
    750 feet
Show all 9
  1. Blue Playground
    920 feet
  2. Rodney Playground Center Park
    950 feet
  3. Keap Fourth Community Garden
    950 feet
  4. Ten Eyck Plaza Playground
    990 feet
  5. Strawberry Playground
    1,160 feet
  6. Rodney Playground South Playground
    1,170 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Shop Fair Supermarket
    1,180 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 44 places to eat and 30 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 20 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Hooper 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 Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.