Union Avenue & Ten Eyck Street

Union Avenue and Ten Eyck Street meet at a four-way crossing in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Ten Eyck Plaza is 390 feet away. The nearest subway, Metropolitan Av/Lorimer St, 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 47 places to eat. About 3,300 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
7 hurt
11 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Metropolitan Av/Lorimer St
870 feet · 3 min on foot · G, L
Nearest bus stop
570 feet
Grand St/Union Av · Q54, Q59
Within a walk
16 places
6 religious buildings, 5 day care or pre-K sites and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Union Avenue & Ten Eyck Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Metropolitan Av/Lorimer St, 870 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 5 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Metropolitan Av/Lorimer St G, L
    870 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. Hewes St J, M
    1,220 feet
    J M
  2. Broadway G
    0.3 miles
    G

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 Grand St/Union Av, 570 feet away, for the Q54 and Q59.

  • 14 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Grand St/Union Av Q54, Q59
    570 feet
    Q54 Q59

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q54 …
  2. Q59 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Union Avenue.

  • 59 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 2 of them on-street corrals
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Stagg St & Union Ave 33 docks in all
    310 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
    740 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 11 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, January 2024
  • Barnes Dance all-way crossing, undated in the City's record

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 3,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 69 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 80 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2017 and December 2018, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Ten Eyck Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of Ten Eyck Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

East side of Union Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 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
    370 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Sixteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 5 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 garden
  • 1 park
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Nuestros Ninos Day Car 1 Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    930 feet
  2. Bnos Chayil School
    1,020 feet
  3. Oitzerlech Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,060 feet
Show all 6
  1. Bushwick United Housing Dev Fund/ Bushwick United Hs/ Early Learn Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,140 feet
  2. Bushwick Improvement Society Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,190 feet
  3. Two by Two Childcare Preschool Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,200 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Lithuania Square
    230 feet
  2. Ten Eyck Garden
    270 feet
  3. Ten Eyck Plaza Playground
    390 feet

Fire and police

  1. Battalion 35/Engine 216/Ladder 108 Fire station
    1,300 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    1,050 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 47 places to eat and 22 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Ten Eyck Street or Union Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, 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.