Throop Avenue & Middleton Street

Throop Avenue and Middleton Street meet at a four-way crossing in South Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Harmony Triangle is 590 feet away. The nearest subway, Lorimer St, is about a minute on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 14 public places, five of them religious buildings, and six places to eat. About 2,700 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
Lorimer St
190 feet · 1 min on foot · J, M
Nearest bus stop
130 feet
Broadway/Lorimer St · B46, T433
Within a walk
14 places
5 religious buildings, 3 parks and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Throop Avenue & Middleton Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Lorimer St, 190 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Lorimer St J, M
    190 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. Broadway G
    470 feet
    G
  2. Hewes St J, M
    1,250 feet
    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/Lorimer St, 130 feet away, for the B46 and T433.

  • 15 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Broadway/Lorimer St B46, T433
    130 feet
    B46 T433

Next buses at this stop

  1. B46 …
  2. T433 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 14 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Borinquen Place, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 249 Lynch Street Gas station
    1,120 feet
  2. 7 Marcus Garvey Boulevard Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    0.6 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
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in August 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11206
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 1
City Council district
33 and 34 (the boundary runs through this corner)
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 2,700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 32 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 49 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2017 and May 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Middleton Street

  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

South side of Middleton Street

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

South side of Throop Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fourteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 3 parks
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 2 schools
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 garden

Schools and child care

  1. I.S. 318 Eugenio Maria de Hostos School
    640 feet
  2. Talmud Torah of Kasho School
    1,120 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Lindsay Triangle
    140 feet
  2. Harmony Triangle
    590 feet
  3. De Hostos Playground
    740 feet
Show all 6
  1. Sternberg Park
    770 feet
  2. George Washington Carver Community Garden
    780 feet
  3. Sternberg Park Playground
    1,030 feet

Fire and police

  1. Battalion 35/Engine 216/Ladder 108 Fire station
    940 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    1,160 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are six places to eat and eight 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 19 corners within a three-minute walk:

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