Brooklyn-Queens Expressway & Graham Avenue

Brooklyn-Queens Expressway and Graham Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in East Williamsburg, Brooklyn. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. John Ericsson Middle School 126 is 1,050 feet away. The nearest subway, Graham Av, is about seven minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, two of them parks, and 23 places to eat. About 1,900 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
No crashes
0 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Graham Av
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
40 feet
Graham Av/Meeker Av · B43
Within a walk
10 places
2 parks, 2 schools and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Brooklyn-Queens Expressway & Graham Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Graham Av, 0.3 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Graham Av L
    0.3 miles
    L

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. L …
Outbound
1 line
  1. L …

Also within a walk

  1. Nassau Av G
    0.5 miles
    G
  2. Metropolitan Av/Lorimer St G, L
    0.5 miles
    G L

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Graham Av/Meeker Av, 40 feet away, for the B43.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Graham Av/Meeker Av B43
    40 feet
    B43

Next buses at this stop

  1. B43 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 27 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 3 of them on-street corrals
  • 7 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Graham Ave & Herbert St 26 docks in all
    170 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway westbound at Meeker Avenue & Graham Avenue at Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, 70 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 497 Meeker Avenue Gas station
    810 feet
  2. 444 Graham Avenue Charging for electric cars, 12 Level 2 chargers
    440 feet
  3. 1074 Grand Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1 mile

Safety record

How crashes are counted

No police-reported crashes between 2021 and 2025, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2017.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, May 2024

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11222
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 1
City Council district
33 and 34 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
94
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East Williamsburg

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 1,900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 124 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 68 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the thornless honeylocust and the eastern redcedar.

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Romanesque Revival, and built between 1891 and 1892.

  1. 19th Police Precinct Station House and Stable Designated landmark
    490 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 parks
  • 2 schools
  • 1 community center
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 garden
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. John Ericsson Middle School 126 School
    1,050 feet
  2. Northside Charter High School
    1,050 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Lentol Garden
    100 feet
  2. Ericsson Playground
    900 feet
  3. Badame Sessa Triangle
    1,140 feet
Show all 4
  1. McCarren Park
    1,160 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Frost Street Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,290 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Cecilias Church House of worship
    1,150 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. School Settlement Association Community Center
    1,310 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 229/Ladder 146 Fire station
    1,160 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Met Foodmarkets Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. City Fresh Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 23 places to eat and ten food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 20 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Brooklyn-Queens Expressway or Graham Avenue.

Sources: NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Technology and Innovation, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.