Union Avenue & Wallabout Street

Union Avenue and Wallabout Street meet at a four-way crossing in South Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Brooklyn corner. De Hostos Playground is 730 feet away. The nearest subway, Flushing Av, is about a minute on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 22 public places, six of them day care or pre-K sites, and eight places to eat. About 1,800 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 2002 and 2021, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
6 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Flushing Av
300 feet · 1 min on foot · G
Nearest bus stop
340 feet
Marcy Av/Flushing Av · T403
Within a walk
22 places
6 day care or pre-K sites, 5 schools and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Union Avenue & Wallabout Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Flushing Av, 300 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Flushing Av G
    300 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
    0.3 miles
    J M
  2. Broadway G
    0.3 miles
    G

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Marcy Av/Flushing Av, 340 feet away, for the T403.

  • 13 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Marcy Av/Flushing Av T403
    340 feet
    T403

Next buses at this stop

  1. T403 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 3 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Union Ave & Wallabout St 31 docks in all
    130 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Bedford Avenue, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 212 Harrison Avenue Gas station
    1,230 feet
  2. 28-17 42nd Road Charging for electric cars, fast chargers
    0.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 6 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 4 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.

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
11 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,800 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 2002 and 2021.

Since 2014 at least 154 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
  • 18 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2016 and May 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Union Avenue

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

West side of Union Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

North side of Wallabout Street

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

South side of Wallabout Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 22 public places.

  • 6 day care or pre-K sites
  • 5 schools
  • 4 religious buildings
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 community center
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Kiddies Daycare NY Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    90 feet
  2. Sunny Tots Brooklyn Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    200 feet
  3. Bnos Nitra School
    480 feet
Show all 12
  1. Talmud Torah Dnitra School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    520 feet
  2. Bais Ruchel High School
    810 feet
  3. Per Scholas Trade or language school
    870 feet
  4. The Williamsburg Daycare Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    930 feet
  5. Beginning With Children Charter School 2 School
    940 feet
  6. Williamsburg Infant & Early Childhoo Preschool
    1,220 feet
  7. P.S. 380 John Wayne Elementary School
    1,240 feet
  8. I.S. 318 Eugenio Maria de Hostos School
    1,260 feet
  9. Owl Early Intervention Program Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. De Hostos Playground
    730 feet
  2. Harmony Triangle
    930 feet
  3. George Washington Carver Community Garden
    1,080 feet
Show all 4
  1. Stockton Playground
    1,250 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Pfizer Sites Development Public space
    610 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Marcy Community Center
    960 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,210 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are eight places to eat and 14 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 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Union Avenue or Wallabout Street.

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, NYCHA, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.