Flushing Avenue & Gardner Avenue

Flushing Avenue and Gardner Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in East Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 20 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. The nearest subway, Jefferson St, is about a minute on foot, for the L. Within a five-minute walk are 47 places to eat. About 400 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built in 1931, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. NYC Parks records 21 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the littleleaf linden.

Safety record
11 hurt
20 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Jefferson St
280 feet · 1 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
40 feet
Flushing Av/Wyckoff Av · B57
Within a walk
About 400 homes
within 820 feet of this corner

Map

Layers
Flushing Avenue & Gardner Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Jefferson St, 280 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  1. Jefferson St L
    280 feet
    L

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. DeKalb Av L
    0.4 miles
    L

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Flushing Av/Wyckoff Av, 40 feet away, for the B57.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Flushing Av/Wyckoff Av B57
    40 feet
    B57

Next buses at this stop

  1. B57 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 30 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 9 of them on-street corrals
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Wyckoff Ave & Jefferson St 27 docks in all
    300 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, 1.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1119 Flushing Avenue Gas station
    1,310 feet
  2. 150 Noll Street Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 1074 Grand Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1 mile

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 20 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 11 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 4 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11237
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 1
City Council district
34
Police precinct
83 and 90 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East Williamsburg
Elevation
12 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up in 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 21 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the littleleaf linden.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 21 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2014 and November 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Flushing Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 2AM-5AM

East side of Gardner Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Gardner Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM

North side of Harrison Place

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Harrison Place

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY

Within a walk

How places are listed

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. City Fresh Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 47 places to eat and seven food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change, a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet and a listed public place within a five-minute walk.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 15 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Flushing Avenue, Gardner Avenue or Harrison Place.

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, NYS Agriculture and Markets, USDA, NYC Health and NYC Parks, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.