Willoughby Avenue & Walworth Street

Willoughby Avenue and Walworth Street meet at a four-way crossing in Bedford-Stuyvesant (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 26 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Target Brooklyn (Bedford Avenue Block Association) is 740 feet away, and Star Spangled Playground is 1,160 feet away. The nearest subway, Bedford-Nostrand Avs, is about seven minutes on foot, for the G. Within a five-minute walk are 24 public places, eight of them schools, and eight places to eat. About 1,700 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
7 hurt
26 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Bedford-Nostrand Avs
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · G
Nearest bus stop
530 feet
Nostrand Av/Willoughby Av · B44
Within a walk
24 places
8 schools, 6 religious buildings and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Willoughby Avenue & Walworth Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Bedford-Nostrand Avs, 0.3 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  1. Bedford-Nostrand Avs G
    0.3 miles
    G

Next trains at this station

Queens
1 line
  1. G …
Southbound
1 line
  1. G …

Also within a walk

  1. Myrtle-Willoughby Avs G
    0.4 miles
    G

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Nostrand Av/Willoughby Av, 530 feet away, for the B44.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Nostrand Av/Willoughby Av B44
    530 feet
    B44

Next buses at this stop

  1. B44 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Willoughby Avenue.

  • 21 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 2 of them on-street corrals
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Willoughby Ave & Walworth St 19 docks in all
    60 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Bedford Avenue, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 184 Classon Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 28-17 42nd Road Charging for electric cars, fast chargers
    0.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 26 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 7 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Turn calming, February 2020

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11205
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 3
City Council district
33
Police precinct
79
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bedford-Stuyvesant (West)
Elevation
35 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 1,700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 16 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 52 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the thornless honeylocust and the common hackberry.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 39 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2019 and April 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Walworth Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 1PM-2:30PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 4 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

West side of Walworth Street

  • Ambulances and ambulettes only 2 signs AMBULANCE AMBULETTE ONLY 5AM-11PM ALL DAYS
  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 1PM-2:30PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 6AM-4PM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

North side of Willoughby Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 1PM-2:30PM

South side of Willoughby Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 1PM-2:30PM

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 42 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Neo-Grec, and mostly built between 1884 and 1885.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 24 public places.

  • 8 schools
  • 6 religious buildings
  • 5 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 gardens
  • 2 playgrounds

Schools and child care

  1. Bnos Square of Williamsburg School
    280 feet
  2. Bnos Chayil School
    390 feet
  3. P.S. 054 Samuel C. Barnes Pre-K
    550 feet
Show all 13
  1. Bais Yakov of Dkhal Adas Yereim School
    550 feet
  2. P.S. 54 the Detective Rafael Ramos School
    550 feet
  3. United Academy Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    600 feet
  4. Hamaspik School (The) School
    620 feet
  5. Yeshiva Yesode Hatorah Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    700 feet
  6. Yeshiva of Kasho School
    1,080 feet
  7. Adaptive Solutions - Myrtle Ave School
    1,130 feet
  8. Adaptive Solutions Multi Services Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,140 feet
  9. Our Children-The Leaders of Tomorrow Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,140 feet
  10. Bais Ruchel D'Satmar Girls Annex School
    1,230 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Target Brooklyn (Bedford Avenue Block Association) Garden
    740 feet
  2. Spencer St Block Association Garden
    880 feet
  3. Marcy Playground
    1,130 feet
Show all 5
  1. Star Spangled Playground
    1,160 feet
  2. Vernon Cases Community Garden
    1,180 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Chestnut Supermarket
    840 feet
  2. Bravo Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    1,050 feet

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are eight places to eat and 12 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Walworth Street or Willoughby Avenue.

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