Union Avenue & South 4th Street

Union Avenue and South 4th Street meet at a four-way crossing in East Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 24 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. The Battalion 35/Engine 216/Ladder 108 firehouse is 520 feet away. The nearest subway, Broadway, is about three minutes on foot, and five subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 16 public places, six of them religious buildings, and 20 places to eat. About 2,500 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
16 hurt
24 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Broadway
740 feet · 3 min on foot · G
Nearest bus stop
50 feet
Meserole St/Union Av · B60
Within a walk
16 places
6 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Union Avenue & South 4th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Broadway, 740 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 5 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Broadway G
    740 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
    810 feet
    J M
  2. Lorimer St J, M
    0.3 miles
    J M

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Meserole St/Union Av, 50 feet away, for the B60.

  • 14 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Meserole St/Union Av B60
    50 feet
    B60

Next buses at this stop

  1. B60 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Meserole Street, South 4th Street and Union Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Stagg St & Union Ave 33 docks in all
    570 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Borinquen Place, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 24 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 16 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot
  • 6 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 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)
East Williamsburg
Elevation
20 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • Two 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.

Since 2014 at least 35 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 53 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the swamp white oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 30 signs on these blocks
  • 11 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2014 and July 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Meserole Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM 2:30PM-4PM

South side of Meserole Street

  • Carshare only 1 sign CARSHARE PARKING ONLY OTHERS NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

North side of South 4th Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of South 4th Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Union Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

West side of Union Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Romanesque Revival, and built between 1879 and 1881.

  1. Colored School No. 3, later Public School 69 Designated landmark
    430 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Sixteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 gardens
  • 2 parks
  • 2 schools
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Oitzerlech Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    280 feet
  2. Nuestros Ninos Day Car 1 Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    610 feet
  3. Bnos Chayil School
    710 feet
Show all 4
  1. Talmud Torah of Kasho School
    800 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Lithuania Square
    550 feet
  2. Ten Eyck Plaza Playground
    910 feet
  3. Sternberg Park
    940 feet
Show all 5
  1. Hooper Grove Garden
    1,000 feet
  2. Ten Eyck Garden
    1,050 feet

Fire and police

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

Supermarkets

  1. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    270 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 20 places to eat and 16 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 16 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Meserole Street, South 4th 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, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.