Williamsburg Street East & Brooklyn-Queens Expressway

Williamsburg Street East and Brooklyn-Queens Expressway meet at a three-way junction in South Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Penn Triangle is 250 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Wythe Av/Williamsburg St West, is 500 feet away for the B62, and nine bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 50 public places, 23 of them religious buildings, and two places to eat. About 1,400 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
2 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Brooklyn-Queens Expressway
580 feet by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
500 feet
Wythe Av/Williamsburg St West · B62
Within a walk
50 places
23 religious buildings, 12 schools and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Williamsburg Street East & Brooklyn-Queens Expressway Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Wythe Av/Williamsburg St West, 500 feet away, for the B62.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Wythe Av/Williamsburg St West B62
    500 feet
    B62

Next buses at this stop

  1. B62 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Wallabout St & Kent Ave 23 docks in all
    1,160 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Bedford Avenue, 580 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 687 Kent Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 260 South 4th Street Charging for electric cars, fast chargers
    0.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2024.

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)
South Williamsburg

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • A posted limit of 30 mph
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 1,400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 3 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 57 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 50 public places.

  • 23 religious buildings
  • 12 schools
  • 11 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 park

Schools and child care

  1. Central Uta Boys Division School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    410 feet
  2. Yeshiva Yesode Hatorah School
    450 feet
  3. Bais Ruchel D'Satmar - Boys School
    490 feet
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  1. United Academy Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    550 feet
  2. Beth Chana School School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    560 feet
  3. Yeshiva Early Head Start Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    630 feet
  4. Yeshivath Kehilath Yakov Pre-K
    630 feet
  5. United Talmudical Academy School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    780 feet
  6. Beth Rachel School-Girls-720 School
    820 feet
  7. Williamsburg Daycare Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    890 feet
  8. Yeshiva Beth Hillel of Williamsburg School
    890 feet
  9. KHHD Yoel of Satmar BP School
    940 feet
  10. Bais Ruchel Dsatmar School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    940 feet
  11. Uta 590 School
    960 feet
  12. Child care center at 77-87 Wallabout Street School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,140 feet
  13. Omni Childhood Center - Heyward School
    1,150 feet
  14. Gan Bnos Yisroel Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,160 feet
  15. School Based Child Care School-based preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,160 feet
  16. Cong Yeshuos Moshe of Williamsburg School
    1,220 feet
  17. Darkei Tshivo of Dinov School
    1,220 feet
  18. Talmud Torah Tzemach Tzadik Viznitz School
    1,220 feet
  19. Yeshiva Bnos Israel School
    1,280 feet
  20. Uta 128 School
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Penn Triangle Playground
    250 feet
  2. Classon Playground
    760 feet
  3. Classon Triangle
    980 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 211/Ladder 119 Fire station
    810 feet

Supermarkets

  1. One Stop Kosher Supermarket
    1,060 feet

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner:

  • A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
  • A bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet
  • A signal or safety change
  • A parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here
  • A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 19 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Brooklyn-Queens Expressway or Williamsburg Street East.

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, NYC Parks, NYC Technology and Innovation, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.