Throop Avenue & Thornton Street

Throop Avenue and Thornton Street meet at a four-way crossing in South Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. All Saints RC Church is 120 feet away. The nearest subway, Flushing Av, is about three minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 21 public places, seven of them schools, and 36 places to eat. About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
2 hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Flushing Av
680 feet · 3 min on foot · J, M
Nearest bus stop
50 feet
Thornton St/Throop Av · B43
Within a walk
21 places
7 schools, 6 religious buildings and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Throop Avenue & Thornton Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Flushing Av, 680 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Flushing Av J, M
    680 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. Lorimer St J, M
    0.3 miles
    J M
  2. Flushing Av G
    0.3 miles
    G

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Migration” (2006) by Robin Holder at the Flushing Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Thornton St/Throop Av, 50 feet away, for the B43.

  • 13 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Thornton St/Throop Av B43
    50 feet
    B43

Next buses at this stop

  1. B43 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on Throop Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Broadway & Whipple St 27 docks in all
    730 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Bedford Avenue, 1 mile by car along the streets.

  1. 212 Harrison Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 7 Marcus Garvey Boulevard Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    1,220 feet
  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 one crash 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 August 2022.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11206
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 1
City Council district
33 and 36 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
79 and 90 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
South Williamsburg
Elevation
18 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 355 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 47 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2020 and November 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Thornton Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Thornton Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

East side of Throop Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 21 public places.

  • 7 schools
  • 6 religious buildings
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 1 ambulance station
  • 1 college
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Uta 110 School
    490 feet
  2. Boricua College - Brooklyn College
    710 feet
  3. Beginning With Children Charter School
    730 feet
Show all 9
  1. P.S. 373 - Brooklyn Transition Center School
    730 feet
  2. Per Scholas Trade or language school
    1,110 feet
  3. Beginning With Children Charter School 2 School
    1,160 feet
  4. P.S. 059 the Dawn Best School
    1,180 feet
  5. Success Academy Charter School - Bed Stuy 2 School
    1,180 feet
  6. Ohel Chaya School
    1,240 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Bartlett Playground
    460 feet
  2. Charlie's Place Playground
    710 feet
  3. Sumner Playground
    1,200 feet

Health care

  1. Woodhull Medical & Mental Health Center Hospital
    1,290 feet
  2. EMS Station 57 Ambulance station
    1,310 feet

Houses of worship

  1. All Saints RC Church House of worship
    120 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Metropolitan Post Office Listed historic place
    1,130 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    880 feet
  2. TD Bank Bank branch
    920 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Green Corner Fish & Farmers Market Supermarket
    1,090 feet
  2. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    1,120 feet
  3. Western Beef Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    790 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 36 places to eat and 20 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 17 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Thornton Street or Throop Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, 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 Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.