Wallabout Street & Heyward Street
Wallabout Street and Heyward Street meet at a three-way junction in South Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Classon Triangle is 250 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Wallabout St/Franklin Av, is 210 feet away for the B48, and seven bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 46 public places, 16 of them schools, and five places to eat.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Wallabout St/Franklin Av, 210 feet away, for the B48.
- 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Wallabout St/Franklin Av B48210 feetB48
Next buses at this stop
- B48 …
Cycling
- 2 bicycle racks within 820 feet, all of them on-street corrals
Nearest bike-share station
- Wallabout St & Kent Ave 23 docks in all240 feet
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Bedford Avenue, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.
- 711 Kent Avenue Gas station650 feet
- 15 Washington Avenue Charging for electric cars, three Level 2 chargers0.7 miles
- 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars0.8 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported four crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.
- 2 people injured
- 0 people killed
The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11249
- Community board
- Brooklyn Community Board 1
- City Council district
- 33
- Police precinct
- 90
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- South Williamsburg
- Elevation
- 10 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- One of the streets is one-way
Homes
About 1,300 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 1996 and 2018.
Since 2014 at least 80 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.
Trees
NYC Parks records 66 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 9 signs on these blocks
- 6 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2018 and March 2026, and the sign on the street decides.
North side of Heyward Street
- No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
South side of Heyward Street
- No parking 1 sign NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
North side of Wallabout Street
- No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
- No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM 4PM-7PM
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedWithin a five-minute walk there are 46 public places.
- 16 schools
- 12 day care or pre-K sites
- 12 religious buildings
- 4 playgrounds
- 1 nursing home or hospice
- 1 park
Schools and child care
- Child care center at 77-87 Wallabout Street School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5360 feet
- Gan Bnos Yisroel Preschool, ages 2 to 5370 feet
- Omni Childhood Center - Heyward School470 feet
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- School Based Child Care School-based preschool, ages 2 to 5370 feet
- Cong Yeshuos Moshe of Williamsburg School470 feet
- Darkei Tshivo of Dinov School470 feet
- Talmud Torah Tzemach Tzadik Viznitz School470 feet
- Yeshiva Bnos Israel School500 feet
- Jolly Baby Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5700 feet
- Central Uta Boys Division School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5720 feet
- Beth Chana School730 feet
- Williamsburg Daycare Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5740 feet
- Bais Ruchel D'Satmar - Boys School770 feet
- KHHD Yoel of Satmar BP School790 feet
- Beth Chana DC Preschool, ages 2 to 5810 feet
- Yeled V'Yalda Early Childhood Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5810 feet
- Yeshiva Yesodah Hatorah School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5810 feet
- Yeshiva Nachlas Tzvi D'Krula Preschool, ages 2 to 51,060 feet
- Ach Tov V'Chesed School · school-based preschool, ages 2 to 51,130 feet
- Mosdos Chasidei Square School1,130 feet
- TT Skver Williamsburg School1,130 feet
- Yeshiva Beth Hillel of Williamsburg School1,150 feet
- Hychel Hatorah School1,170 feet
- Bnos Spinka Boys School1,170 feet
- Uta 128 School1,190 feet
- United Academy Preschool, ages 2 to 51,260 feet
- Yeshiva Mesivta Arugath Habosem School1,300 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Classon Triangle250 feet
- Classon Playground440 feet
- Penn Triangle Playground780 feet
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- Steuben Playground1,150 feet
- Sarah J.S. Tompkins Garnet Playground1,240 feet
Health care
- Bedford Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation Nursing home or hospice700 feet
Supermarkets
- One Stop Kosher Supermarket910 feet
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are five places to eat and 17 food stores.
Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.
Nearby corners
The eight nearest of the 20 corners within a three-minute walk:
- Kent Avenue & Wallabout Street 190 feet
- Wythe Avenue & Heyward Street 210 feet
- Franklin Avenue & Wythe Avenue 230 feet
- Kent Avenue & Classon Avenue 380 feet
- Wythe Avenue & Rutledge Street 490 feet
- Flushing Avenue & Kent Avenue 490 feet
- Flushing Avenue & Franklin Avenue 500 feet
- Classon Avenue & Wallabout Street 500 feet
See every intersection along Heyward Street or Wallabout Street.