Union Avenue & Lynch Street

Union Avenue and Lynch Street meet at a four-way crossing in South Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Harmony Triangle is 430 feet away. The nearest subway, Broadway, is about a minute on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 23 public places, eight of them schools, and ten places to eat. About 2,000 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
6 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Broadway
250 feet · 1 min on foot · G
Nearest bus stop
300 feet
Union Av/Broadway · T403
Within a walk
23 places
8 schools, 5 religious buildings and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Union Avenue & Lynch Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Broadway, 250 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Broadway G
    250 feet
    G

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Lorimer St J, M
    690 feet
    J M
  2. Hewes St J, M
    1,050 feet
    J M

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Union Av/Broadway, 300 feet away, for the T403.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. T403 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Borinquen Place, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 249 Lynch Street Gas station
    240 feet
  2. 28-17 42nd Road Charging for electric cars, fast chargers
    0.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2024.

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
13 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 21 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 56 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2016 and August 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Lynch Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

South side of Lynch Street

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

East side of Union Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Union Avenue

  • No parking 6 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 23 public places.

  • 8 schools
  • 5 religious buildings
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 parks
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 fire station

Schools and child care

  1. Beth Rachel School-Girls-68 School
    870 feet
  2. Bnos Yakov School for Girls School
    870 feet
  3. Talmud Torah of Kasho School
    920 feet
Show all 12
  1. United Academy Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    970 feet
  2. BR School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,030 feet
  3. Beth Rachel School for Girls 60 School
    1,060 feet
  4. Kiddies Daycare NY Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,150 feet
  5. I.S. 318 Eugenio Maria de Hostos School
    1,170 feet
  6. Bnos Nitra School
    1,220 feet
  7. Talmud Torah Dnitra School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,240 feet
  8. Beginning With Children Charter School II School
    1,250 feet
  9. Juan Morel Campos Secondary School
    1,250 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Harmony Triangle
    430 feet
  2. Lindsay Triangle
    680 feet
  3. De Hostos Playground
    730 feet
Show all 5
  1. Sternberg Park
    960 feet
  2. Sternberg Park Playground
    1,230 feet

Fire and police

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

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    950 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are ten places to eat and ten 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 Lynch Street or Union Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, 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.