Flushing Avenue & Stewart Avenue

Flushing Avenue and Stewart Avenue meet at a three-way junction in East Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Brooklyn corner. Maria Hernandez Park is 1,240 feet away. The nearest subway, Jefferson St, is about two minutes on foot, for the L. Within a five-minute walk are two public places and 33 places to eat. About 800 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built in 1931, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. NYC Parks records 26 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the littleleaf linden.

Safety record
4 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Jefferson St
560 feet · 2 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
320 feet
Flushing Av/Thames St · B57
Within a walk
2 places
1 park and 1 religious building, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Flushing Avenue & Stewart Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Jefferson St, 560 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  1. Jefferson St L
    560 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
  2. Morgan Av L
    0.4 miles
    L

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Flushing Av/Thames St, 320 feet away, for the B57.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Flushing Av/Thames St B57
    320 feet
    B57

Next buses at this stop

  1. B57 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 21 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 2 of them on-street corrals
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Wyckoff Ave & Jefferson St 27 docks in all
    580 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
    760 feet
  2. 150 Noll Street Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 1074 Grand Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1 mile

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 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
16 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 800 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 26 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the littleleaf linden.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 11 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2014 and February 2021, 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 Stewart Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Stewart Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Two public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 park
  • 1 religious building

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Maria Hernandez Park
    1,240 feet

Supermarkets

  1. City Fresh Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Key Food 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 designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Flushing Avenue or Stewart Avenue.

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