Union Avenue & Jackson Street

Union Avenue and Jackson Street meet at a four-way crossing in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Mt. Carmel Triangle is 30 feet away, and Green Dome is 1,290 feet away. The nearest subway, Metropolitan Av/Lorimer St, is about three minutes on foot, for the G and L. Within a five-minute walk are 17 public places, six of them parks, and 53 places to eat. About 2,500 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
2 hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Metropolitan Av/Lorimer St
750 feet · 3 min on foot · G, L
Nearest bus stop
650 feet
Union Av/Metropolitan Av · T403, T422
Within a walk
17 places
6 parks, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Union Avenue & Jackson Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Metropolitan Av/Lorimer St, 750 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Metropolitan Av/Lorimer St G, L
    750 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. Bedford Av L
    0.3 miles
    L

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 Union Av/Metropolitan Av, 650 feet away, for the T403 and T422.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Union Av/Metropolitan Av T403, T422
    650 feet
    T403 T422

Next buses at this stop

  1. T403 …
  2. T422 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

  • 48 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Union Ave & Jackson St 19 docks in all
    50 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway westbound at Marcy Avenue & Hope Street, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 451 Lorimer Street Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 167-149 Meeker Avenue Charging for electric cars, seven Level 2 chargers
    750 feet
  3. 260 South 4th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    0.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11211
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 1
City Council district
33
Police precinct
94
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Williamsburg
Elevation
11 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 2,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 24 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 52 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 4 signs on these blocks
  • 3 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2015 and August 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Jackson Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM

South side of Jackson Street

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Union Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM

Monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

The City's public art inventory lists two works near this corner, the nearest in Father Giorgio Square.

  1. Father Giorgio Memorial Stele by A.S. Cianfarani, 1954
    580 feet
  2. Greenpoint World War II Memorial Stele, 1954
    620 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seventeen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 parks
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 pedestrian plazas
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 garden
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. The Mount Carmel Early Childhood Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    320 feet
  2. Learning Steps Day Care Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    620 feet
  3. City Kids Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    850 feet
Show all 4
  1. Bedford Stuy New Beginnings CHS School
    1,020 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Mt. Carmel Triangle
    30 feet
  2. Macri Triangle
    430 feet
  3. Pvt. Sonsire Triangle
    860 feet
Show all 8
  1. Father Giorgio Triangle
    910 feet
  2. Jaime Campiz Playground
    960 feet
  3. McCarren Park
    1,090 feet
  4. Badame Sessa Triangle
    1,210 feet
  5. Green Dome Garden
    1,290 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. North 10th & Union Avenue Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    550 feet
  2. Frost Street Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,050 feet
  3. North 5th Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,280 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Annunciation Church House of worship
    1,200 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 53 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 22 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Jackson Street or Union 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 Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.