Broadway & Johnson Avenue

Broadway and Johnson Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. The Battalion 35/Engine 216/Ladder 108 firehouse is 210 feet away. The nearest subway, Broadway, is about a minute on foot, and five subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 25 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 16 places to eat. About 2,300 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
1 hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Broadway
200 feet · 1 min on foot · G
Nearest bus stop
220 feet
Broadway/Heyward St · B46, T422
Within a walk
25 places
7 religious buildings, 7 schools and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Broadway & Johnson Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Broadway, 200 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 5 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Broadway G
    200 feet
    G

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Hewes St J, M
    470 feet
    J M
  2. Lorimer St J, M
    930 feet
    J M

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Broadway/Heyward St, 220 feet away, for the B46 and T422.

  • 16 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Broadway/Heyward St B46, T422
    220 feet
    B46 T422

Next buses at this stop

  1. B46 …
  2. T422 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 21 bicycle racks within 820 feet, one of them an on-street corral
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Boerum St & Broadway 19 docks in all
    410 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Borinquen Place, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 249 Lynch Street Gas station
    820 feet
  2. 260 South 4th Street Charging for electric cars, fast chargers
    0.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11211
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)
Williamsburg
Elevation
16 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 2,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 31 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

Seventeen trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the 'Redmond' American linden.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2017 and December 2022, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Broadway

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Johnson Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 3AM-6AM

South side of Johnson Avenue

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING FIRE ZONE

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 7 schools
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 4 parks
  • 1 fire station
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Talmud Torah of Kasho School
    340 feet
  2. United Academy Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    610 feet
  3. BR School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    680 feet
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  1. Beth Rachel School for Girls 60 School
    700 feet
  2. Beth Rachel School-Girls-68 School
    720 feet
  3. Bnos Yakov School for Girls School
    720 feet
  4. Bnos Chayil School
    760 feet
  5. Oitzerlech Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,010 feet
  6. Beginning With Children Charter School II School
    1,160 feet
  7. Juan Morel Campos Secondary School
    1,160 feet
  8. Nuestros Ninos Day Car 1 Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,260 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Lindsay Triangle
    920 feet
  2. Sternberg Park
    950 feet
  3. Harmony Triangle
    1,010 feet
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  1. Sternberg Park Playground
    1,220 feet
  2. Hooper Grove Garden
    1,270 feet
  3. Lithuania Square
    1,280 feet

Fire and police

  1. Battalion 35/Engine 216/Ladder 108 Fire station
    210 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Shop Fair Supermarket
    1,160 feet
  2. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    640 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 16 places to eat and 18 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and 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 Broadway or Johnson Avenue.

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.