Williamsburg Bridge & Wythe Avenue

Williamsburg Bridge and Wythe Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Smith, Gray & Company Building stands 590 feet away, built in 1870. The nearest subway, Marcy Av, is about nine minutes on foot, for the J, M and Z. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places, three of them day care or pre-K sites, and 45 places to eat. About 2,400 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
No crashes
0 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Marcy Av
0.5 miles · 9 min on foot · J, M, Z
Nearest bus stop
100 feet
Wythe Av/S 5 St · B32, Q59
Within a walk
15 places
3 day care or pre-K sites, 3 playgrounds and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Williamsburg Bridge & Wythe Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Marcy Av, 0.5 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  1. Marcy Av J, M, Z
    0.5 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 Wythe Av/S 5 St, 100 feet away, for the B32 and Q59.

  • 14 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Wythe Av/S 5 St B32, Q59
    100 feet
    B32 Q59

Next buses at this stop

  1. B32 …
  2. Q59 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Wythe Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. S 4 St & Wythe Ave 37 docks in all
    430 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Williamsburg Bridge at Roebling Street & Williamsburg Bridge, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 687 Kent Avenue Gas station
    1 mile
  2. 444 Kent Avenue Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    0.4 miles
  3. 260 South 4th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    0.8 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 February 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11249
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 1
City Council district
33 and 34 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
90
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Williamsburg

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 2,400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 178 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 48 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the swamp white oak.

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as French Second Empire, and built in 1870.

  1. Smith, Gray & Company Building Designated landmark
    590 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 1 dog run
  • 1 garden
  • 5 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Nachas Playgroup Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    230 feet
  2. Kinder Prep Childcare Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    500 feet
  3. Campus Education Trade or language school
    810 feet
Show all 4
  1. The Williamsburg Nursery School Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,140 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Domino Park
    630 feet
  2. Domino Park Dog Run
    940 feet
  3. Berry Playground
    1,020 feet
Show all 6
  1. Berry Street Garden
    1,140 feet
  2. William Sheridan Playground
    1,290 feet
  3. Epiphany Playground
    1,300 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. George B. Post Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,000 feet
  2. Public space at 420 Kent Avenue Public space
    1,020 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Kings County Savings Bank Listed historic place
    940 feet
  2. Williamsburgh Savings Bank Listed historic place
    1,250 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Peter & Paul RC Church House of worship
    960 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Central Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 45 places to eat and nine 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 18 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Williamsburg Bridge or Wythe Avenue.

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