Flushing Avenue & Knickerbocker Avenue

Flushing Avenue and Knickerbocker Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in East Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 32 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. The city lists this corner as a Vision Zero priority intersection. Maria Hernandez Park is 1,210 feet away. The nearest subway, Morgan Av, is about four minutes on foot, for the L. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, three of them religious buildings, and 45 places to eat. A bike lane separated from traffic runs along Knickerbocker Avenue.

Safety record
18 hurt
32 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Morgan Av
1,150 feet · 4 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
40 feet
Flushing Av/Knickerbocker Av · B57
Within a walk
6 places
3 religious buildings, 1 fire station and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Flushing Avenue & Knickerbocker Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Morgan Av, 1,150 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  1. Morgan Av L
    1,150 feet
    L

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Jefferson St L
    0.3 miles
    L

Bus

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

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B57 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Knickerbocker Avenue.

  • 48 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Knickerbocker Ave & George St 23 docks in all
    150 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, 1.6 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 32 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 18 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 5 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

The city lists this corner as a Vision Zero priority intersection, a designation it applies to corners selected for attention on their injury record. It is not a record of work done.

What the city has done here

  • Turn calming, January 2023
  • Leading pedestrian interval, January 2024

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
24 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,600 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.

Since 2014 at least 30 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 25 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 20 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2016 and July 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Flushing Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of Flushing Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 3AM-6AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

East side of Knickerbocker Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY NOON-1:30PM
  • No stopping 1 sign NO STOPPING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

West side of Knickerbocker Avenue

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

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Six public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 garden
  • 1 park

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. La Finca Community Garden
    340 feet
  2. Maria Hernandez Park
    1,210 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 237 Fire station
    1,050 feet

Supermarkets

  1. City Fresh Market Supermarket
    1,130 feet
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 45 places to eat and 23 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 17 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Flushing Avenue or Knickerbocker Avenue.

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