Union Avenue & Johnson Avenue

Union Avenue and Johnson Avenue meet at a three-way junction in East Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Talmud Torah of Kasho is 520 feet away. The nearest subway, Broadway, is about a minute on foot, and five subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 25 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and 15 places to eat. About 2,400 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
1 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Broadway
190 feet · 1 min on foot · G
Nearest bus stop
210 feet
Union Av/Broadway · T403
Within a walk
25 places
8 religious buildings, 5 schools and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Union Avenue & Johnson Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  • 5 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Broadway G
    190 feet
    G

Next trains at this station

Queens
1 line
  1. G …
Southbound
1 line
  1. G …

Also within a walk

  1. Hewes St J, M
    660 feet
    J M
  2. Lorimer St J, M
    850 feet
    J M

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Union Av/Broadway, 210 feet away, for the T403.

  • 16 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Union Av/Broadway T403
    210 feet
    T403

Next buses at this stop

  1. T403 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Union Avenue.

  • 21 bicycle racks within 820 feet, one of them an on-street corral
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Boerum St & Broadway 19 docks in all
    330 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Borinquen Place, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 247 Union Avenue Gas station
    720 feet
  2. 260 South 4th Street Charging for electric cars, fast chargers
    0.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11211
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 1
City Council district
34
Police precinct
90
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East Williamsburg
Elevation
14 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 34 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 21 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 8 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

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

North side of Johnson Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 3AM-6AM

South side of Johnson Avenue

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING FIRE ZONE

West side of Union Avenue

  • Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AVO POLICE DEPARTMENT
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING FIRE ZONE

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 25 public places.

  • 8 religious buildings
  • 5 schools
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 4 parks
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Talmud Torah of Kasho School
    520 feet
  2. United Academy Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    790 feet
  3. Oitzerlech Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    830 feet
Show all 9
  1. BR School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    860 feet
  2. Beth Rachel School for Girls 60 School
    880 feet
  3. Bnos Chayil School
    890 feet
  4. Beth Rachel School-Girls-68 School
    910 feet
  5. Bnos Yakov School for Girls School
    910 feet
  6. Nuestros Ninos Day Car 1 Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,150 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Lindsay Triangle
    840 feet
  2. Sternberg Park
    870 feet
  3. Harmony Triangle
    930 feet
Show all 7
  1. Lithuania Square
    1,090 feet
  2. Sternberg Park Playground
    1,140 feet
  3. De Hostos Playground
    1,240 feet
  4. Hooper Grove Garden
    1,280 feet

Fire and police

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

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    450 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 15 places to eat and 16 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 Johnson Avenue 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 Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.