Williamsburg Bridge & Brooklyn-Queens Expressway
Williamsburg Bridge and Brooklyn-Queens Expressway meet at a three-way junction in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Williamsburgh Trust Company Building, one of six Individual Landmarks within 820 feet, stands 320 feet away. About 2,600 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more. NYC Parks records 115 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredCycling
- 89 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 6 of them on-street corrals
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Williamsburg Bridge at Roebling Street & Williamsburg Bridge, 160 feet by car along the streets.
Safety record
How crashes are countedNo 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 June 2016.
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
- A designated truck route
- A posted limit of 35 mph
- Three of the streets are one-way
Homes
About 2,600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.
Since 2014 at least 114 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.
Trees
NYC Parks records 115 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.
Landmarks, monuments and public art
How landmarks are placedLandmarks and historic districts
Six buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Neoclassical, and built between 1852 and 1908.
- Williamsburgh Trust Company Building Designated landmark320 feet
- The Dime Savings Bank of Williamsburgh Designated landmark530 feet
- Williamsburgh Savings Bank Designated landmark590 feet
Monuments and public art
The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Williamsburg Bridge Plaza and Playground.
- George Washington at Valley Forge Statue by Henry Merwin Shrady, 1906180 feet
Not on record for this corner:
- A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
- A bus stop within a ten-minute walk
- A signal or safety change
- A parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here
- A listed public place within a five-minute walk