Wythe Avenue & Heyward Street

Wythe Avenue and Heyward Street meet at a four-way crossing in South Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Darkei Tshivo of Dinov is 320 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Wallabout St/Wythe Av, is 150 feet away for the B48, and seven bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 53 public places, 17 of them schools, and five places to eat. About 1,500 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
7 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Brooklyn-Queens Expressway
0.4 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
150 feet
Wallabout St/Wythe Av · B48
Within a walk
53 places
17 schools, 15 day care or pre-K sites and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Wythe Avenue & Heyward Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Wallabout St/Wythe Av, 150 feet away, for the B48.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Wallabout St/Wythe Av B48
    150 feet
    B48

Next buses at this stop

  1. B48 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Wythe Avenue.

  • 2 bicycle racks within 820 feet, all of them on-street corrals

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Bedford Avenue, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 711 Kent Avenue Gas station
    870 feet
  2. 15 Washington Avenue Charging for electric cars, three Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    0.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 7 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 3 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in August 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
10 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 83 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 64 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2014 and February 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Heyward Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

South side of Heyward Street

  • Ambulances and ambulettes only 1 sign AMBULANCE AMBULETTE ONLY
  • Ambulettes only 1 sign AMBULETTE ONLY 7AM-7PM ALL DAYS
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING MONDAY-THURSDAY 8AM-7PM FRIDAY 9AM-3PM

East side of Wythe Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Wythe Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 53 public places.

  • 17 schools
  • 15 day care or pre-K sites
  • 13 religious buildings
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 1 fire station
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Child care center at 77-87 Wallabout Street School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    240 feet
  2. Omni Childhood Center - Heyward School
    250 feet
  3. Gan Bnos Yisroel Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    260 feet
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  1. School Based Child Care School-based preschool, ages 2 to 5
    260 feet
  2. Cong Yeshuos Moshe of Williamsburg School
    320 feet
  3. Darkei Tshivo of Dinov School
    320 feet
  4. Talmud Torah Tzemach Tzadik Viznitz School
    320 feet
  5. Yeshiva Bnos Israel School
    380 feet
  6. Central Uta Boys Division School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    500 feet
  7. Williamsburg Daycare Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    530 feet
  8. Bais Ruchel D'Satmar - Boys School
    560 feet
  9. KHHD Yoel of Satmar BP School
    570 feet
  10. Jolly Baby Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    580 feet
  11. Beth Chana School
    610 feet
  12. Beth Chana DC Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    690 feet
  13. Yeled V'Yalda Early Childhood Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    690 feet
  14. Yeshiva Yesodah Hatorah School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    690 feet
  15. Mosdos Chasidei Square School
    920 feet
  16. TT Skver Williamsburg School
    920 feet
  17. Uta 128 School
    970 feet
  18. Ach Tov V'Chesed School · school-based preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,010 feet
  19. United Academy Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,040 feet
  20. Hychel Hatorah School
    1,050 feet
  21. Uta 125 School
    1,150 feet
  22. Yeshiva Mesivta Arugath Habosem School
    1,180 feet
  23. Yeshivath Kehilath Yakov Pre-K
    1,210 feet
  24. Little Munchkins Playgroup 56 Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,210 feet
  25. Yeshiva Nachlas Tzvi D'Krula Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,280 feet
  26. Eis Laasois Child Development Services Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,280 feet
  27. Bnois Spinka School
    1,280 feet
  28. Beth Rachel School-Girls-720 School
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Classon Triangle
    470 feet
  2. Penn Triangle Playground
    570 feet
  3. Classon Playground
    650 feet
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  1. Sarah J.S. Tompkins Garnet Playground
    1,130 feet

Health care

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

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Public School 71k Listed historic place
    1,150 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 125 Heyward Street Older adult center
    1,150 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 211/Ladder 119 Fire station
    1,300 feet

Supermarkets

  1. One Stop Kosher Supermarket
    700 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are five places to eat and 20 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 16 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Heyward Street or Wythe Avenue.

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