Union Avenue & Keap Street

Union Avenue and Keap Street meet at a three-way junction in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Mt. Carmel Triangle is 690 feet away. The nearest subway, Metropolitan Av/Lorimer St, is about a minute on foot, for the G and L. Within a five-minute walk are 16 public places, five of them religious buildings, and 73 places to eat. About 2,300 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
5 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Metropolitan Av/Lorimer St
40 feet · 1 min on foot · G, L
Nearest bus stop
50 feet
Union Av/Metropolitan Av · T403
Within a walk
16 places
5 religious buildings, 4 day care or pre-K sites and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Union Avenue & Keap Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Metropolitan Av/Lorimer St, 40 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Metropolitan Av/Lorimer St G, L
    40 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. Graham Av L
    0.4 miles
    L
  2. Bedford Av L
    0.4 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, 50 feet away, for the T403.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Union Av/Metropolitan Av T403
    50 feet
    T403

Next buses at this stop

  1. T403 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Union Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Metropolitan Ave & Meeker Ave 30 docks in all
    320 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway westbound at Marcy Avenue & Hope Street, 1,320 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 451 Lorimer Street Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 462 Keap Street Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    310 feet
  3. 260 South 4th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    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.

  • 5 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2025.

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)
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 2,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 154 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 35 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2018 and February 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Keap Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

West side of Keap Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

West side of Union Avenue

  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AVO POLICE DEPARTMENT
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

Monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Macri Triangle.

  1. Greenpoint World War II Memorial Stele, 1954
    190 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Sixteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 parks
  • 1 library
  • 1 museum
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Amazing Explorers Williamsburg Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    890 feet
  2. Two by Two Childcare Preschool Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    890 feet
  3. City Kids Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    950 feet
Show all 4
  1. The Mount Carmel Early Childhood Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,110 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Macri Triangle
    160 feet
  2. Mt. Carmel Triangle
    690 feet
  3. Jaime Campiz Playground
    710 feet
Show all 4
  1. Father Giorgio Triangle
    1,100 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. North 5th Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,030 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. City Reliquary Museum
    1,230 feet
  2. Leonard Library
    1,310 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Annunciation Church House of worship
    970 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.5 miles
  3. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 73 places to eat and 15 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 Keap 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.