Union Avenue & Roebling Street

Union Avenue and Roebling Street meet at a four-way crossing in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Green Dome is 250 feet away. The nearest subway, Bedford Av, is about six minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 14 public places, three of them day care or pre-K sites, and 49 places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Bedford Av
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
640 feet
Driggs Av/Union Av · B62
Within a walk
14 places
3 day care or pre-K sites, 3 parks and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Union Avenue & Roebling Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Bedford Av, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bedford Av L
    0.3 miles
    L

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. L …
Outbound
1 line
  1. L …

Also within a walk

  1. Metropolitan Av/Lorimer St G, L
    0.3 miles
    G L
  2. Nassau Av G
    0.4 miles
    G

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “No Less Than Everything Comes Together” (2021) by Marcel Dzama at the Bedford Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Driggs Av/Union Av, 640 feet away, for the B62.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Driggs Av/Union Av B62
    640 feet
    B62

Next buses at this stop

  1. B62 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Union Avenue.

  • 64 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 8 of them on-street corrals
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Driggs Ave & N 12 St 39 docks in all
    620 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway westbound at Marcy Avenue & Hope Street, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 112 Richardson Street Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 395 Leonard Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. 260 South 4th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    0.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported four crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

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
7 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Three of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 2,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 2006 and 2013.

Since 2014 at least 52 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 142 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the apple.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 13 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2014 and August 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Bayard Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM

East side of Roebling Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Roebling Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

East side of Union Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of Union Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Byzantine, and built between 1916 and 1921.

  1. Russian Orthodox Cathedral of the Transfiguration of Our Lord Designated landmark
    370 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fourteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 parks
  • 1 dog run
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 garden
  • 5 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Bedford Stuy New Beginnings CHS School
    520 feet
  2. Learning Steps Day Care Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    660 feet
  3. The Mount Carmel Early Childhood Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    850 feet
Show all 4
  1. The Learning Experience Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,210 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. McCarren Park
    50 feet
  2. Pvt. Sonsire Triangle
    60 feet
  3. Green Dome Garden
    250 feet
Show all 6
  1. Dog Run in McCarren Park Dog run
    470 feet
  2. Mt. Carmel Triangle
    1,070 feet
  3. Vincent V Abate Playground
    1,260 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. North 10th & Union Avenue Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    560 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. McCarren Play Center Recreation center
    900 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 229/Ladder 146 Fire station
    1,260 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 49 places to eat and five food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 14 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Bayard Street, Roebling 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health and NYS Agriculture and Markets, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.