Gardner Avenue & Townsend Street
Gardner Avenue and Townsend Street meet at a three-way junction in East Williamsburg, Brooklyn. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. The nearest bus stop, Meeker Av/Stewart Av, is 1,030 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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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Meeker Av/Stewart Av, 1,030 feet away, for the B48.
- 2 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Meeker Av/Stewart Av B481,030 feetB48
Next buses at this stop
- B48 …
Cycling
Nearest bike-share station
- Van Dam St & Meeker Ave 31 docks in all0.4 miles
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Varick Avenue, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.
- 546 Morgan Avenue Gas station0.6 miles
- 444 Graham Avenue Charging for electric cars, 12 Level 2 chargers1.1 miles
- 1074 Grand Street Fast charging for electric cars1.2 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedNo police-reported crashes between 2021 and 2025, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.
The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2019.
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
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
Within a walk
How places are listedFood 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
- A parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here
- 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 corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:
- Gardner Avenue & Thomas Street 260 feet
- Meeker Avenue & Gardner Avenue 380 feet
- Kosciuszko Bridge & Gardner Avenue 460 feet
- Scott Avenue & Townsend Street 470 feet
- Gardner Avenue & Cherry Street 490 feet
- Kosciuszko Bridge & Scott Avenue 720 feet
- Gardner Avenue & Anthony Street 780 feet
- Kosciuszko Bridge & Stewart Avenue 920 feet
See every intersection along Gardner Avenue or Townsend Street.