Williamsburg Bridge & Bedford Avenue

Williamsburg Bridge and Bedford Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Kings County Savings Bank, one of six Individual Landmarks within 820 feet, stands 130 feet away, and La Casita Verde Community Garden is 1,150 feet away. The nearest subway, Marcy Av, is about seven minutes on foot, for the J, M and Z. Within a five-minute walk are 19 public places, five of them religious buildings, and 60 places to eat.

Safety record
No crashes
0 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Marcy Av
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · J, M, Z
Nearest bus stop
100 feet
Bedford Av/Broadway · B62
Within a walk
19 places
5 religious buildings, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Williamsburg Bridge & Bedford Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Marcy Av, 0.3 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  1. Marcy Av J, M, Z
    0.3 miles
    J M Z

Next trains at this station

Outbound
3 lines
  1. J …
  2. M …
  3. Z …
Manhattan
3 lines
  1. J …
  2. M …
  3. Z …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Space Odyssey” (2004) by Ellsworth Ausby at the Marcy Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Bedford Av/Broadway, 100 feet away, for the B62.

  • 16 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bedford Av/Broadway B62
    100 feet
    B62

Next buses at this stop

  1. B62 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. S 3 St & Bedford Ave 25 docks in all
    670 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Williamsburg Bridge at Roebling Street & Williamsburg Bridge, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 247 Union Avenue Gas station
    0.9 miles
  2. 134 North 4th Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 260 South 4th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    0.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

No police-reported crashes between 2021 and 2025, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2017.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11211
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 1
City Council district
34
Police precinct
90
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Williamsburg

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 2,800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 84 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 34 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Landmarks and historic districts

Six buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as French Second Empire, and built between 1868 and 1906.

  1. Kings County Savings Bank Designated landmark
    130 feet
  2. Smith, Gray & Company Building Designated landmark
    370 feet
  3. Williamsburgh Savings Bank Designated landmark
    380 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nineteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 2 gardens
  • 1 fire station
  • 5 other places

Schools and child care

  1. C'E Montessori School
    720 feet
  2. Nuestros Ninos Day Care Center III Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    870 feet
  3. Nachas Playgroup Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,040 feet
Show all 4
  1. Kinder Prep Childcare Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,140 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Berry Playground
    690 feet
  2. Continental Army Plaza
    860 feet
  3. Bedford Playground
    890 feet
Show all 6
  1. Berry Street Garden
    1,090 feet
  2. La Casita Verde Community Garden
    1,150 feet
  3. Epiphany Playground
    1,300 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. George B. Post Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    240 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. New England Congregational Church and Rectory Listed historic place
    1,280 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Holy Trinity Church of Ukrainiane Landmark
    730 feet
  2. First Spanish Presbyterian Church House of worship
    870 feet
  3. St Peter & Paul RC Church House of worship
    1,260 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 201 South 4th Street Older adult center
    1,250 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 221/Ladder 104 Fire station
    1,270 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Central Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 60 places to eat and ten food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and a parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 15 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Bedford Avenue or Williamsburg Bridge.

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