Williamsburg Street East & Penn Street

Williamsburg Street East and Penn Street meet at a three-way junction in South Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. KHHD Yoel of Satmar BP is 850 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Kent Av/Williamsburg St East, is 340 feet away for the B62, and seven bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 39 public places, 13 of them religious buildings, and four places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Brooklyn-Queens Expressway
1,110 feet by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
340 feet
Kent Av/Williamsburg St East · B62
Within a walk
39 places
13 religious buildings, 10 day care or pre-K sites and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Williamsburg Street East & Penn Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Kent Av/Williamsburg St East, 340 feet away, for the B62.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Kent Av/Williamsburg St East B62
    340 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
    630 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Bedford Avenue, 1,110 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 711 Kent Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 260 South 4th Street Charging for electric cars, fast chargers
    0.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported four crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2025.

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
Elevation
12 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • Posted limits from 25 to 30 mph
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 600 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 38 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the eastern redbud and the northern pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 4 signs on these blocks
  • 2 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2021 and February 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Penn Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

East side of Williamsburg Street East

  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 39 public places.

  • 13 religious buildings
  • 10 day care or pre-K sites
  • 10 schools
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 1 fire station
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Bais Ruchel D'Satmar - Boys School
    260 feet
  2. Central Uta Boys Division School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    320 feet
  3. United Academy Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    670 feet
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  1. Yeshiva Beth Hillel of Williamsburg School
    720 feet
  2. Williamsburg Daycare Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    800 feet
  3. KHHD Yoel of Satmar BP School
    850 feet
  4. Beth Rachel School-Girls-720 School
    940 feet
  5. Yeshivath Kehilath Yakov Pre-K
    950 feet
  6. Yeshiva Yesode Hatorah School
    980 feet
  7. Child care center at 77-87 Wallabout Street School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,060 feet
  8. Yeshiva Early Head Start Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,060 feet
  9. Omni Childhood Center - Heyward School
    1,070 feet
  10. Gan Bnos Yisroel Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,070 feet
  11. School Based Child Care School-based preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,070 feet
  12. Beth Chana School School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,090 feet
  13. Cong Yeshuos Moshe of Williamsburg School
    1,140 feet
  14. Darkei Tshivo of Dinov School
    1,140 feet
  15. Talmud Torah Tzemach Tzadik Viznitz School
    1,140 feet
  16. Yeshiva Bnos Israel School
    1,190 feet
  17. United Talmudical Academy School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Penn Triangle Playground
    100 feet
  2. Classon Playground
    240 feet
  3. Classon Triangle
    460 feet
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  1. Steuben Playground
    1,250 feet

Health care

  1. Bedford Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation Nursing home or hospice
    1,300 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 211/Ladder 119 Fire station
    890 feet

Supermarkets

  1. One Stop Kosher Supermarket
    970 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are four places to eat and nine 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 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 Penn Street or Williamsburg Street East.

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