Graham Avenue & Ainslie Street

Graham Avenue and Ainslie Street meet at a four-way crossing in East Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 14 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. St John Evangelist Lutheran Church is 970 feet away. The nearest subway, Graham Av, is about two minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 16 public places, six of them religious buildings, and 66 places to eat. About 2,200 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
10 hurt
14 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Graham Av
540 feet · 2 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
100 feet
Graham Av/Ainslie St · B43
Within a walk
16 places
6 religious buildings, 4 day care or pre-K sites and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Graham Avenue & Ainslie Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Graham Av, 540 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Graham Av L
    540 feet
    L

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Grand St L
    1,260 feet
    L
  2. Metropolitan Av/Lorimer St G, L
    0.4 miles
    G L

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Graham Av/Ainslie St, 100 feet away, for the B43.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Graham Av/Ainslie St B43 · Shelter
    100 feet
    B43
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B43 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 98 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 3 of them on-street corrals
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Graham Ave & Grand St 29 docks in all
    470 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, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 451 Lorimer Street Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 444 Graham Avenue Charging for electric cars, 12 Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 1074 Grand Street Fast charging for electric cars
    0.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 14 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 10 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11211
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 1
City Council district
34
Police precinct
90
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East Williamsburg
Elevation
39 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 2,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 101 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 69 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2017 and June 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Ainslie Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of Ainslie Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

East side of Graham Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of Graham Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Sixteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 library
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 monument or memorial
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. St. Nicks Alliance Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    360 feet
  2. NYSARC Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,150 feet
  3. P.S. 132 the Conselyea School
    1,240 feet
Show all 5
  1. Colony-South Brooklyn Houses Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K · listed historic place
    1,280 feet
  2. B'Above Worldwide Institute Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Memorial Gore Park
    1,100 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Bushwick War Memorial Monument or memorial
    1,070 feet
  2. Moslem Mosque Listed historic place
    1,090 feet
  3. Leonard Library
    1,310 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St John Evangelist Lutheran Church Listed historic place
    970 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 211 Ainslie Street Older adult center
    450 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    610 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    490 feet
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    780 feet
  3. Bravo Supermarket
    1,100 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 66 places to eat and 22 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 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Ainslie Street or Graham 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 Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.