Brooklyn-Queens Expressway & Leonard Street

Brooklyn-Queens Expressway and Leonard Street meet at a four-way crossing in East Williamsburg, Brooklyn. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Frost Street Plaza is 310 feet away, and North 10th & Union Avenue Plaza is 1,210 feet away. The nearest subway, Metropolitan Av/Lorimer St, is about six minutes on foot, for the G and L. Within a five-minute walk are 17 public places, four of them parks, and 41 places to eat. About 2,200 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
Metropolitan Av/Lorimer St
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · G, L
Nearest bus stop
640 feet
Lorimer St/Frost St · B48
Within a walk
17 places
4 parks, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Brooklyn-Queens Expressway & Leonard Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Metropolitan Av/Lorimer St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Metropolitan Av/Lorimer St G, L
    0.3 miles
    G L

Next trains at this station

Queens
1 line
  1. G …
Southbound
1 line
  1. G …
Manhattan
1 line
  1. L …
Outbound
1 line
  1. L …

Also within a walk

  1. Graham Av L
    0.4 miles
    L
  2. Nassau Av G
    0.5 miles
    G

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Signs of Life” (2000) by Jackie Chang and “Personal Choice #5” (2023) by Chloë Bass at the Metropolitan Av/Lorimer St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Lorimer St/Frost St, 640 feet away, for the B48.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Lorimer St/Frost St B48
    640 feet
    B48

Next buses at this stop

  1. B48 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Leonard Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Frost St & Meeker Ave 38 docks in all
    230 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, 1,270 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 112 Richardson Street Gas station
    1,260 feet
  2. 444 Graham Avenue Charging for electric cars, 12 Level 2 chargers
    1,310 feet
  3. 260 South 4th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    0.9 miles

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 December 2020.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, March 2024

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11211
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 1
City Council district
34
Police precinct
94
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East Williamsburg

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 93 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 65 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Father Giorgio Square.

  1. Father Giorgio Memorial Stele by A.S. Cianfarani, 1954
    670 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seventeen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 parks
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 pedestrian plazas
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 2 schools
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. John Ericsson Middle School 126 School
    880 feet
  2. Northside Charter High School
    880 feet
  3. City Kids Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    900 feet
Show all 5
  1. Learning Steps Day Care Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,070 feet
  2. The Mount Carmel Early Childhood Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Badame Sessa Triangle
    120 feet
  2. McCarren Park
    590 feet
  3. Father Giorgio Triangle
    680 feet
Show all 7
  1. Lentol Garden
    1,080 feet
  2. Ericsson Playground
    1,150 feet
  3. Mt. Carmel Triangle
    1,190 feet
  4. Vincent V Abate Playground
    1,310 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Frost Street Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    310 feet
  2. North 10th & Union Avenue Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,210 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. School Settlement Association Community Center
    740 feet
  2. McCarren Play Center Recreation center
    1,050 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 229/Ladder 146 Fire station
    470 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. City Fresh Market Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 41 places to eat and nine food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 18 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Brooklyn-Queens Expressway or Leonard Street.

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