Brooklyn-Queens Expressway & Manhattan Avenue

Brooklyn-Queens Expressway and Manhattan 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. Lentol Garden is 540 feet away. The nearest subway, Metropolitan Av/Lorimer St, is about eight minutes on foot, for the G and L. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, three of them parks, and 33 places to eat. About 2,000 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. NYC Parks records 52 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Safety record
No crashes
0 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Metropolitan Av/Lorimer St
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · G, L
Nearest bus stop
510 feet
Graham Av/Meeker Av · B43
Within a walk
11 places
3 parks, 2 schools and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Metropolitan Av/Lorimer St, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Metropolitan Av/Lorimer St G, L
    0.4 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
    0.4 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 Graham Av/Meeker Av, 510 feet away, for the B43.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B43 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Manhattan Avenue.

  • 39 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. Graham Ave & Herbert St 26 docks in all
    670 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, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 112 Richardson Street Gas station
    540 feet
  2. 395 Leonard Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    710 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 January 2013.

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
94
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East Williamsburg

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 138 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 52 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Art Moderne, and built between 1934 and 1936.

  1. McCarren Play Center Designated landmark
    800 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 parks
  • 2 schools
  • 1 community center
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 fire station
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. John Ericsson Middle School 126 School
    750 feet
  2. Northside Charter High School
    750 feet
  3. B'Above Worldwide Institute Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Lentol Garden
    540 feet
  2. Ericsson Playground
    600 feet
  3. Badame Sessa Triangle
    670 feet
Show all 5
  1. McCarren Park
    870 feet
  2. Father Giorgio Triangle
    1,220 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Frost Street Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    870 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. School Settlement Association Community Center
    830 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 229/Ladder 146 Fire station
    740 feet

Supermarkets

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 33 places to eat and nine food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 19 corners within a three-minute walk:

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

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