Brooklyn-Queens Expressway & Varick Avenue

Brooklyn-Queens Expressway and Varick 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. Sgt. William Dougherty Playground is 930 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Nassau Av/Varick St, is 820 feet away for the B48, and two bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are one public place and one place to eat. About 70 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1899 and 1931, almost all in houses of one or two.

Safety record
No crashes
0 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Brooklyn-Queens Expressway
80 feet by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
820 feet
Nassau Av/Varick St · B48
Within a walk
1 place
1 playground, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Nassau Av/Varick St, 820 feet away, for the B48.

  • 2 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Nassau Av/Varick St B48
    820 feet
    B48

Next buses at this stop

  1. B48 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 2 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Van Dam St & Meeker Ave 31 docks in all
    930 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Varick Avenue, 80 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 546 Morgan Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 444 Graham Avenue Charging for electric cars, 12 Level 2 chargers
    0.9 miles
  3. 1074 Grand 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 August 2019.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11222
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 1
City Council district
34
Police precinct
94
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East Williamsburg

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 70 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1899 and 1931.

Trees

Eight trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the littleleaf linden.

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

One public place is within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 playground

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Sgt. William Dougherty Playground
    930 feet

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there is one place to eat.

Not on record for this corner:

  • A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
  • A signal or safety change
  • A parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here
  • A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

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

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