Union Avenue & Walton Street

Union Avenue and Walton Street meet at a four-way crossing in South Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Bnos Nitra is 140 feet away. The nearest subway, Flushing Av, is about two minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 21 public places, six of them religious buildings, and eight places to eat. About 1,900 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 2000 and 2021, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
2 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Flushing Av
650 feet · 2 min on foot · G
Nearest bus stop
490 feet
Lorimer St/Harrison Av · B48
Within a walk
21 places
6 religious buildings, 5 schools and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Union Avenue & Walton Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Flushing Av, 650 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Flushing Av G
    650 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
    1,310 feet
    J M
  2. Broadway G
    0.3 miles
    G

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Lorimer St/Harrison Av, 490 feet away, for the B48.

  • 14 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Lorimer St/Harrison Av B48
    490 feet
    B48

Next buses at this stop

  1. B48 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Bedford Avenue, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 212 Harrison Avenue Gas station
    1,260 feet
  2. 28-17 42nd Road Charging for electric cars, fast chargers
    0.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 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
12 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,900 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 2000 and 2021.

Since 2014 at least 161 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 67 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the sawtooth oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 23 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2018 and May 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Union Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

West side of Union Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

North side of Walton Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

South side of Walton Street

  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY SUNDAY-THURSDAY 8AM-5PM FRIDAY 8AM-12:30PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 21 public places.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 5 schools
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 parks
  • 1 garden
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Kiddies Daycare NY Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    80 feet
  2. Bnos Nitra School
    140 feet
  3. Talmud Torah Dnitra School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    160 feet
Show all 10
  1. Sunny Tots Brooklyn Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    560 feet
  2. Bais Ruchel High School
    840 feet
  3. I.S. 318 Eugenio Maria de Hostos School
    900 feet
  4. Per Scholas Trade or language school
    1,220 feet
  5. P.S. 380 John Wayne Elementary School
    1,240 feet
  6. Beginning With Children Charter School 2 School
    1,260 feet
  7. The Williamsburg Daycare Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. De Hostos Playground
    370 feet
  2. Harmony Triangle
    570 feet
  3. George Washington Carver Community Garden
    820 feet
Show all 4
  1. Lindsay Triangle
    1,160 feet

Plazas and public spaces

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

Supermarkets

  1. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are eight places to eat and 17 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 15 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Union Avenue or Walton 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, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.