Union Avenue & Withers Street

Union Avenue and Withers Street meet at a four-way crossing in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. The corner is also named FDNY Lt. John A. Crisci Street by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Brooklyn corner. Macri Triangle is 690 feet away, and Annunciation Church is 1,160 feet away. The nearest subway, Metropolitan Av/Lorimer St, is about four minutes on foot, for the G and L. Within a five-minute walk are 24 public places, six of them parks, and 61 places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Metropolitan Av/Lorimer St
1,010 feet · 4 min on foot · G, L
Nearest bus stop
640 feet
Lorimer St/Meeker Av · B48
Within a walk
24 places
6 parks, 4 day care or pre-K sites and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Union Avenue & Withers Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Metropolitan Av/Lorimer St, 1,010 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Metropolitan Av/Lorimer St G, L
    1,010 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. Bedford Av L
    0.3 miles
    L

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 Lorimer St/Meeker Av, 640 feet away, for the B48.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Lorimer St/Meeker Av B48
    640 feet
    B48

Next buses at this stop

  1. B48 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on Union Avenue.

  • 50 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 8 of them on-street corrals
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Union Ave & Jackson St 19 docks in all
    240 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway westbound at Marcy Avenue & Hope Street, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 451 Lorimer Street Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 167-149 Meeker Avenue Charging for electric cars, seven Level 2 chargers
    1,010 feet
  3. 260 South 4th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    0.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 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
11211
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 1
City Council district
33
Police precinct
94
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Williamsburg
Elevation
9 feet above sea level

This corner is also named FDNY Lt. John A. Crisci Street, a co-naming enacted on May 5, 2004 (Local Law 8 of 2004).

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 43 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 55 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on FDNY Lt. John A. Crisci Street.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 24 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2015 and July 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Union Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Union Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY

North side of Withers Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Withers Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

Monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Father Giorgio Square.

  1. Father Giorgio Memorial Stele by A.S. Cianfarani, 1954
    620 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 24 public places.

  • 6 parks
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 4 schools
  • 3 pedestrian plazas
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. The Mount Carmel Early Childhood Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    70 feet
  2. Learning Steps Day Care Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    350 feet
  3. Bedford Stuy New Beginnings CHS School
    760 feet
Show all 8
  1. City Kids Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,050 feet
  2. Brooklyn Preparatory High School
    1,100 feet
  3. Williamsburg High School for Architecture and Design School
    1,100 feet
  4. Williamsburg Preparatory School
    1,100 feet
  5. The Learning Experience Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,160 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Mt. Carmel Triangle
    290 feet
  2. Pvt. Sonsire Triangle
    600 feet
  3. Macri Triangle
    690 feet
Show all 9
  1. Father Giorgio Triangle
    820 feet
  2. McCarren Park
    830 feet
  3. Green Dome Garden
    1,030 feet
  4. Badame Sessa Triangle
    1,140 feet
  5. Jaime Campiz Playground
    1,220 feet
  6. Dog Run in McCarren Park Dog run
    1,250 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. North 10th & Union Avenue Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    290 feet
  2. Frost Street Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    970 feet
  3. North 5th Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,290 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Russian Orthodox Cathedral of the Transfiguration of Our Lord Listed historic place
    1,250 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Annunciation Church House of worship
    1,160 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 61 places to eat and eight 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 24 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Union Avenue or Withers Street.

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 Records, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.