Throop Avenue & Gerry Street

Throop Avenue and Gerry Street meet at a four-way crossing in South Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Bartlett Playground is 460 feet away. The nearest subway, Lorimer St, is about two minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 16 public places, six of them religious buildings, and 23 places to eat. About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1995 and 2018, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
2 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Lorimer St
550 feet · 2 min on foot · J, M
Nearest bus stop
410 feet
Broadway/Leonard St · B46
Within a walk
16 places
6 religious buildings, 4 schools and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Throop Avenue & Gerry Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Lorimer St, 550 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Lorimer St J, M
    550 feet
    J M

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Flushing Av G
    0.3 miles
    G
  2. Flushing Av J, M
    0.3 miles
    J M

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Roundlet Series” (2002) by Annette Davidek at the Lorimer St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Broadway/Leonard St, 410 feet away, for the B46.

  • 15 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Broadway/Leonard St B46 · Shelter
    410 feet
    B46
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B46 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 28 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Lorimer St & Broadway 29 docks in all
    920 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Borinquen Place, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 212 Harrison Avenue Gas station
    1,070 feet
  2. 7 Marcus Garvey Boulevard Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    0.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported three 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 January 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11206
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 1
City Council district
33
Police precinct
90
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
South Williamsburg
Elevation
12 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 1,300 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 1995 and 2018.

Since 2014 at least 174 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 67 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the 'Redpointe' red maple.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2014 and April 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Gerry Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SATURDAY

South side of Gerry Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

East side of Throop Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

West side of Throop Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Sixteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 4 schools
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 garden
  • 1 park
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Uta 110 School
    430 feet
  2. Bais Ruchel High School
    690 feet
  3. I.S. 318 Eugenio Maria de Hostos School
    910 feet
Show all 5
  1. Beginning With Children Charter School 2 School
    1,060 feet
  2. Per Scholas Trade or language school
    1,230 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Bartlett Playground
    460 feet
  2. George Washington Carver Community Garden
    520 feet
  3. Lindsay Triangle
    860 feet
Show all 4
  1. De Hostos Playground
    1,010 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Pfizer Sites Development Public space
    830 feet

Houses of worship

  1. All Saints RC Church House of worship
    750 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    1,030 feet
  2. Green Corner Fish & Farmers Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Bravo Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 23 places to eat and 11 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 16 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Gerry Street or Throop Avenue.

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, NYCHA, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.