Washington Avenue & South Street

Washington Avenue and South Street meet at a three-way junction in Brooklyn Navy Yard, Brooklyn. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. United Talmudical Academy 25 is 780 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Flushing Av/Washington Av, is 140 feet away for the B57, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, two of them listed historic places, and seven places to eat. About 500 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built in 1951, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
No crash on record
in any year the city publishes
Nearest highway entrance
Brooklyn-Queens Expressway
0.7 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
140 feet
Flushing Av/Washington Av · B57
Within a walk
7 places
2 listed historic places, 2 playgrounds and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Washington Avenue & South Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Flushing Av/Washington Av, 140 feet away, for the B57.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Flushing Av/Washington Av B57
    140 feet
    B57

Next buses at this stop

  1. B57 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Washington Ave & Park Ave 39 docks in all
    700 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. 168 Flushing Avenue Gas station
    640 feet
  2. 15 Washington Avenue Charging for electric cars, three Level 2 chargers
    840 feet
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

No police-reported crash has been recorded at this corner in any year the city publishes.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11205
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 2
City Council district
33
Police precinct
88
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Elevation
13 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes

Homes

About 500 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 in 1951.

Trees

Fourteen trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 listed historic places
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 2 schools
  • 1 park

Schools and child care

  1. United Talmudical Academy 25 School
    780 feet
  2. Benjamin Banneker Academy School
    1,260 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Washington Hall Park
    880 feet
  2. Steuben Playground
    1,190 feet
  3. Washington Hall Park Playground
    1,190 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Rockwood Chocolate Factory Historic District Listed historic place
    590 feet
  2. Wallabout Industrial Historic District Listed historic place
    740 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner:

  • A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
  • A signal or safety change
  • A parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here
  • A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along South Street or Washington Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, MTA, NYC DOT, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYPD, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.