Graham Avenue & Boerum Street

Graham Avenue and Boerum Street meet at a four-way crossing in East Williamsburg, Brooklyn. The corner is also named Pedro Albizu Campos Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 18 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Sunshine Community Garden is 420 feet away. The nearest subway, Montrose Av, is about six minutes on foot, and four subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 20 public places, nine of them religious buildings, and 41 places to eat.

Safety record
8 hurt
18 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Montrose Av
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
170 feet
Graham Av/Johnson Av · B43
Within a walk
20 places
9 religious buildings, 4 gardens and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Graham Avenue & Boerum Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Montrose Av, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Montrose Av L
    0.3 miles
    L

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Lorimer St J, M
    0.4 miles
    J M
  2. Flushing Av J, M
    0.4 miles
    J M

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Graham Av/Johnson Av, 170 feet away, for the B43.

  • 15 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Graham Av/Johnson Av B43 · Shelter
    170 feet
    B43
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B43 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 62 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. McKibbin St & Manhattan Ave 23 docks in all
    610 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Borinquen Place, 1 mile by car along the streets.

  1. 249 Lynch Street Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 7 Marcus Garvey Boulevard Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    0.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 18 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11206
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 1
City Council district
34
Police precinct
90
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East Williamsburg
Elevation
23 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Pedro Albizu Campos Way, a co-naming enacted on July 23, 2023 (Local Law 110 of 2023).

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 108 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 67 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Pedro Albizu Campos Way.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 32 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules
  • 4 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2019 and January 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Boerum Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of Boerum Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

East side of Graham Avenue

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

West side of Graham Avenue

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 313056 and 332439.

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Queen Anne, and built in 1887.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twenty public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 9 religious buildings
  • 4 gardens
  • 2 older adult centers
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 2 schools
  • 1 park

Schools and child care

  1. Brownsville Collegiate Charter School
    600 feet
  2. P.S. 250 George H. Lindsay School
    1,070 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Sunshine Community Garden
    420 feet
  2. Sternberg Park
    970 feet
  3. Sternberg Park Playground
    1,020 feet
Show all 7
  1. Scholes Street Children’s Garden
    1,150 feet
  2. Nos Cuidamos Community Garden
    1,170 feet
  3. Bushwick Garden - Bushwick Houses (NYCHA) Garden
    1,240 feet
  4. Martinez Playground
    1,280 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Most Holy Trinity Church St Mary House of worship
    540 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 80 Seigel Street Older adult center
    830 feet
  2. Older adult center at 202 Graham Avenue Older adult center
    1,310 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,030 feet
  2. Citibank Bank branch
    1,070 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Bravo Supermarket
    1,040 feet
  2. Beyond Natural Market Supermarket
    1,110 feet
  3. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 41 places to eat and 24 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Boerum 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 Records, NYCHA, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.