Gardner Avenue & Thomas Street

Gardner Avenue and Thomas Street meet at a three-way junction in East Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. The nearest bus stop, Meeker Av/Stewart Av, is 1,230 feet away for the B48, and two bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk is one place to eat.

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Gardner Avenue & Thomas Street Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Meeker Av/Stewart Av, 1,230 feet away, for the B48.

  • 2 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Meeker Av/Stewart Av B48
    1,230 feet
    B48

Next buses at this stop

  1. B48 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Van Dam St & Meeker Ave 31 docks in all
    0.4 miles

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Varick Avenue, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 546 Morgan Avenue Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 444 Graham Avenue Charging for electric cars, 12 Level 2 chargers
    1.1 miles
  3. 1074 Grand Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.1 miles

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported six 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 February 2024.

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
Elevation
20 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 7 signs on these blocks
  • 2 different rules

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

North side of Thomas Street

  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Thomas Street

  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

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 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
  • A listed public place within a five-minute walk

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 11 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, NYS Agriculture and Markets and NYC Health, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.