Williams Avenue & New Lots Avenue

Williams Avenue and New Lots Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in East New York-New Lots, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 13 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Georgia Avenue Community Garden is 690 feet away, and P.S. 190 Sheffield is 1,190 feet away. The nearest subway, New Lots Av, is about three minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and six places to eat.

Safety record
8 hurt
13 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
New Lots Av
840 feet · 3 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
40 feet
New Lots Av/Williams Av · B15
Within a walk
15 places
7 religious buildings, 5 gardens and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Williams Avenue & New Lots Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is New Lots Av, 840 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. New Lots Av L
    840 feet
    L

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. L …
Canarsie
1 line
  1. L …

Also within a walk

  1. Pennsylvania Av 3
    0.4 miles
    3
  2. Livonia Av L
    0.4 miles
    L

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “16 Windows” (2007) by Eugenie Tung at the New Lots Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is New Lots Av/Williams Av, 40 feet away, for the B15.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. New Lots Av/Williams Av B15
    40 feet
    B15

Next buses at this stop

  1. B15 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on New Lots Avenue and Williams Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Georgia Ave & New Lots Ave 16 docks in all
    620 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 1.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1868 Linden Boulevard Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 1235 Linden Boulevard Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    1.1 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    1.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 13 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 8 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, June 2022

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11207
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 5
City Council district
42
Police precinct
75
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East New York-New Lots
Elevation
20 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, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 149 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 72 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the 'Green leaf' Japanese flowering cherry.

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 July 2015 and May 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of New Lots Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

South side of New Lots Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

East side of Williams Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

West side of Williams Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 5 gardens
  • 2 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site

Schools and child care

  1. Friends of Crown Heights Educational Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,070 feet
  2. Legacy School of the Arts School
    1,190 feet
  3. P.S. 190 Sheffield School
    1,190 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Hands & Heart (New Lots Urban Farm) Garden
    330 feet
  2. Georgia Avenue Community Garden
    690 feet
  3. Prophecy Garden
    720 feet
Show all 5
  1. Positive Seeds of Life Garden
    1,000 feet
  2. A Patch of Inspiration Garden
    1,290 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Bravo Supermarket
    1,030 feet
  2. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    1,100 feet
  2. Family Dollar Store
    1,260 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are six places to eat and 15 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along New Lots Avenue or Williams Avenue.

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