Union Avenue & Stagg Street

Union Avenue and Stagg Street meet at a four-way crossing 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. Lithuania Square is 30 feet away. The nearest subway, Hewes St, is about four minutes on foot, and five subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 18 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 42 places to eat. About 3,100 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
6 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Hewes St
1,030 feet · 4 min on foot · J, M
Nearest bus stop
550 feet
Meserole St/Union Av · B60
Within a walk
18 places
7 religious buildings, 4 day care or pre-K sites and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Union Avenue & Stagg Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Hewes St, 1,030 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 5 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Hewes St J, M
    1,030 feet
    J M

Next trains at this station

Outbound
2 lines
  1. J …
  2. M …
Manhattan
2 lines
  1. J …
  2. M …

Also within a walk

  1. Metropolitan Av/Lorimer St G, L
    1,130 feet
    G L
  2. Broadway G
    1,260 feet
    G

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “El in 16 Notes” (2002) by Mara Held at the Hewes St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Meserole St/Union Av, 550 feet away, for the B60.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B60 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Union Avenue.

  • 49 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
    60 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Borinquen Place, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 247 Union Avenue Gas station
    480 feet
  2. 462 Keap Street Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  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.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in August 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11206
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 1
City Council district
34
Police precinct
90
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Williamsburg
Elevation
31 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 66 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 74 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2015 and March 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Stagg Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Stagg Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Union Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • 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 Romanesque Revival, and built between 1879 and 1881.

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eighteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 gardens
  • 2 schools
  • 1 fire station
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Nuestros Ninos Day Car 1 Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    740 feet
  2. Oitzerlech Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    800 feet
  3. Bnos Chayil School
    830 feet
Show all 6
  1. Bushwick Improvement Society Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    940 feet
  2. P.S. 319 Pre-K
    1,160 feet
  3. Talmud Torah of Kasho School
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Lithuania Square
    30 feet
  2. Ten Eyck Plaza Playground
    390 feet
  3. Ten Eyck Garden
    530 feet
Show all 4
  1. Hooper Grove Garden
    1,130 feet

Fire and police

  1. Battalion 35/Engine 216/Ladder 108 Fire station
    1,040 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    780 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 42 places to eat and 23 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 17 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Stagg 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.