Throop Avenue & Whipple Street

Throop Avenue and Whipple Street meet at a four-way crossing in South Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 21 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Bartlett Playground is 190 feet away. The nearest subway, Flushing Av, is about four minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 17 public places, five of them religious buildings, and 33 places to eat. About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1994 and 2016, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
3 hurt
21 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Flushing Av
940 feet · 4 min on foot · J, M
Nearest bus stop
310 feet
Thornton St/Throop Av · B43
Within a walk
17 places
5 religious buildings, 5 schools and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Throop Avenue & Whipple Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Flushing Av, 940 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Flushing Av J, M
    940 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
    1,100 feet
    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, 310 feet away, for the B43.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B43 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

  • 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
    480 feet

By car

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

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 21 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 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
16 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1994 and 2016.

Since 2014 at least 162 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 60 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 33 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2018 and May 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Throop Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

West side of Throop Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 8AM-6PM

North side of Whipple Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING 4PM-7PM EXCEPT SATURDAY

South side of Whipple Street

  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING 7AM-7PM ALL DAYS

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seventeen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 5 schools
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 college
  • 1 garden
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Uta 110 School
    230 feet
  2. Boricua College - Brooklyn College
    920 feet
  3. Beginning With Children Charter School
    980 feet
Show all 7
  1. P.S. 373 - Brooklyn Transition Center School
    980 feet
  2. Per Scholas Trade or language school
    1,040 feet
  3. Beginning With Children Charter School 2 School
    1,090 feet
  4. Bais Ruchel High School
    1,230 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Bartlett Playground
    190 feet
  2. Charlie's Place Playground
    970 feet
  3. George Washington Carver Community Garden
    1,060 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Pfizer Sites Development Public space
    1,300 feet

Houses of worship

  1. All Saints RC Church House of worship
    210 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Metropolitan Post Office Listed historic place
    1,220 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    1,010 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    1,090 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    1,060 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 33 places to eat and 18 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 Throop Avenue or Whipple Street.

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.