Williamsburg Bridge & Kent Avenue

Williamsburg Bridge and Kent Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Domino Park is 170 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Kent Av/S 6 St, is 50 feet away for the B32 and Q59, and four bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, five of them day care or pre-K sites, and 27 places to eat. A bike lane separated from traffic runs along Kent Avenue.

Safety record
No crash on record
in any year the city publishes
Nearest highway entrance
Williamsburg Bridge
0.5 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
50 feet
Kent Av/S 6 St · B32, Q59
Within a walk
11 places
5 day care or pre-K sites, 3 public spaces and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Williamsburg Bridge & Kent Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Kent Av/S 6 St, 50 feet away, for the B32 and Q59.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Kent Av/S 6 St B32, Q59
    50 feet
    B32 Q59

Next buses at this stop

  1. B32 …
  2. Q59 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Kent Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Broadway & Kent Ave 35 docks in all
    560 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Williamsburg Bridge at Roebling Street & Williamsburg Bridge, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 687 Kent Avenue Gas station
    1.1 miles
  2. 444 Kent Avenue Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    0.5 miles
  3. 260 South 4th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    0.9 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
11249
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 1
City Council district
33
Police precinct
90
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Williamsburg

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,800 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 2000 and 2022.

Since 2014 at least 186 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 21 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as American Round Arch, and built between 1881 and 1884.

  1. Havemeyers & Elder Filter, Pan and Finishing House Designated landmark
    790 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 public spaces
  • 1 dog run
  • 1 park
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. Nachas Playgroup Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    680 feet
  2. Campus Education Trade or language school
    840 feet
  3. Kinder Prep Childcare Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    930 feet
Show all 6
  1. Brooklyn Global Prep Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,120 feet
  2. The Williamsburg Nursery School Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,260 feet
  3. Tickle Toes Day Care Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Domino Park
    170 feet
  2. Domino Park Dog Run
    420 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at 420 Kent Avenue Public space
    650 feet
  2. Public space at Domino Sugar Factory Public space
    900 feet
  3. Public space at Schaefer Landing Public space
    1,160 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Central Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 27 places to eat and five food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, a signal or safety change and a parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Kent Avenue or Williamsburg Bridge.

Sources: MTA, NYC DOT, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, NYPD, 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.