Williamsburg Street West & Hewes Street

Williamsburg Street West and Hewes Street 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. Yeshiva Beth Hillel of Williamsburg is 110 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Williamsburg St W/Kent Av, is 220 feet away for the B62, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 25 public places, nine of them religious buildings, and three places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Brooklyn-Queens Expressway
0.3 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
220 feet
Williamsburg St W/Kent Av · B62
Within a walk
25 places
9 religious buildings, 6 schools and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Williamsburg Street West & Hewes Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Williamsburg St W/Kent Av, 220 feet away, for the B62.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Williamsburg St W/Kent Av B62
    220 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
    870 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Bedford Avenue, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 687 Kent Avenue Gas station
    380 feet
  2. 15 Washington Avenue Charging for electric cars, three Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 260 South 4th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    0.9 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.

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 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
Elevation
12 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 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 28 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the eastern redbud.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 9 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2017 and August 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Hewes Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-7PM

South side of Hewes Street

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Williamsburg Street West

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 8AM-4PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 25 public places.

  • 9 religious buildings
  • 6 schools
  • 5 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 park

Schools and child care

  1. Yeshiva Beth Hillel of Williamsburg School
    110 feet
  2. United Academy Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    420 feet
  3. Beth Rachel School-Girls-720 School
    680 feet
Show all 11
  1. Central Uta Boys Division School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    780 feet
  2. Bais Ruchel D'Satmar - Boys School
    860 feet
  3. Uta 590 School
    1,060 feet
  4. United Talmudical Academy School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,090 feet
  5. Yeshiva Yesode Hatorah School
    1,230 feet
  6. Bais Ruchel Dsatmar School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,250 feet
  7. Williamsburg Daycare Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,260 feet
  8. KHHD Yoel of Satmar BP School
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Classon Playground
    310 feet
  2. Penn Triangle Playground
    630 feet
  3. Classon Triangle
    700 feet
Show all 4
  1. Steuben Playground
    1,130 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 211/Ladder 119 Fire station
    290 feet

Supermarkets

  1. One Stop Kosher Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are three places to eat and three 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 17 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Hewes Street or Williamsburg Street West.

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.