Gardner Avenue & Meadow Street

Gardner Avenue and Meadow Street meet at a three-way junction in East Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. The Engine 206 firehouse is 1,210 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Metropolitan Av/Gardner Av, is 280 feet away for the Q54, and three bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are one public place and three places to eat.

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Gardner Avenue & Meadow Street Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Metropolitan Av/Gardner Av, 280 feet away, for the Q54.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Metropolitan Av/Gardner Av Q54 · Shelter
    280 feet
    Q54
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q54 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Metropolitan Ave & Stewart Ave 20 docks in all
    760 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Varick Avenue, 1.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1176 Metropolitan Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 1074 Grand Street Charging for electric cars, four fast chargers
    0.4 miles

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported three crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11237
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 1
City Council district
34
Police precinct
90
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East Williamsburg
Elevation
10 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Trees

Four trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the hawthorn.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 14 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2015 and March 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

West side of Gardner Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM

North side of Meadow Street

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

South side of Meadow Street

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

Places within a walk

How places are listed

One public place is within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 fire station

Fire and police

  1. Engine 206 Fire station
    1,210 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Western Beef Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner:

  • A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
  • A bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet
  • A signal or safety change
  • Homes within 820 feet
  • A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

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.