Wythe Avenue & Ross Street

Wythe Avenue and Ross Street meet at a four-way crossing in South Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. United Talmudical Academy 75 is 510 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Wythe Av/Ross St, is 130 feet away for the B62, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 18 public places, eight of them religious buildings. About 1,800 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1974 and 1975, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
7 hurt
11 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Brooklyn-Queens Expressway
0.4 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
130 feet
Wythe Av/Ross St · B62
Within a walk
18 places
8 religious buildings, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Wythe Avenue & Ross Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Wythe Av/Ross St, 130 feet away, for the B62.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Wythe Av/Ross St B62 · Shelter
    130 feet
    B62
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B62 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on Wythe Avenue.

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Taylor St & Bedford Ave 23 docks in all
    0.3 miles

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. 687 Kent Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 15 Washington Avenue Charging for electric cars, three Level 2 chargers
    0.4 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 11 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 January 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11249
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 1
City Council district
33 and 34 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
90
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
South Williamsburg
Elevation
18 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1974 and 1975.

Trees

NYC Parks records 72 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 65 signs on these blocks
  • 11 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2021 and July 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Ross Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-5PM SUNDAY 7AM-1PM
  • Parallel parking only 9 signs PARALLEL PARKING ONLY

South side of Ross Street

  • Back-in parking only 10 signs BACK IN ANGLE PARKING ONLY
  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Wythe Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 14 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Wythe Avenue

  • Back-in parking only 2 signs BACK IN 60 DEG PARKING ONLY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eighteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 8 religious buildings
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 community centers
  • 2 schools
  • 1 fire station
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. United Talmudical Academy 75 School
    510 feet
  2. Little Munchkins Playgroup 56 Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    810 feet
  3. United Academy Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    930 feet
Show all 5
  1. Beth Rachel School-Girls-720 School
    990 feet
  2. Little Giants Child Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,200 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Jacob's Ladder Playground
    870 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Taylor-Wythe Community Center
    1,040 feet
  2. Older adult center at 114 Taylor Street Older adult center
    1,170 feet
  3. Independence Towers Community Center
    1,170 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 211/Ladder 119 Fire station
    1,210 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Central Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. One Stop Kosher Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are three 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 corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Ross 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, NYCHA, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.