Graham Avenue & Cook Street

Graham Avenue and Cook Street meet at a four-way crossing in East Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 17 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. P.S. 257 John F. Hylan is 350 feet away, and Woodhull Medical & Mental Health Center is 1,220 feet away. The nearest subway, Flushing Av, is about three minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 22 public places, six of them religious buildings, and 45 places to eat.

Safety record
4 hurt
17 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Flushing Av
690 feet · 3 min on foot · J, M
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
Graham Av/Cook St · B43
Within a walk
22 places
6 religious buildings, 3 schools and 10 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Graham Avenue & Cook Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Flushing Av, 690 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Flushing Av J, M
    690 feet
    J M

Next trains at this station

Outbound
2 lines
  1. J …
  2. M …
Manhattan
2 lines
  1. J …
  2. M …

Also within a walk

  1. Lorimer St J, M
    1,310 feet
    J M
  2. Flushing Av G
    0.5 miles
    G

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Migration” (2006) by Robin Holder at the Flushing Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Graham Av/Cook St, 110 feet away, for the B43.

  • 12 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Graham Av/Cook St B43 · Shelter
    110 feet
    B43
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B43 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 90 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Broadway & Whipple St 27 docks in all
    700 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Borinquen Place, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 212 Harrison Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 7 Marcus Garvey Boulevard Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    0.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 17 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, September 2016
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, November 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
19 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 119 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 38 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the northern red oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 29 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules
  • 5 active meters
  • 3 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2015 and June 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Cook Street

  • Farmers market 1 sign FARMERS MARKET ONLY JULY 1 - OCT 31 SATURDAY 6AM-6PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

South side of Cook Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Farmers market 2 signs FARMERS MARKET ONLY JULY 1 - OCT 31 SATURDAY 6AM-6PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

East side of Graham Avenue

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 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: 311003, 329022 and 330513.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Neoclassical, and built between 1921 and 1923.

  1. Williamsburg Branch, Public National Bank of New York Building Designated landmark
    330 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Humboldt Plaza.

  1. Plaza Perch Sculpture by Austin Thomas, 2017
    630 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 22 public places.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 gardens
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 7 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 257 John F. Hylan School
    350 feet
  2. Boricua College - Brooklyn College
    450 feet
  3. Ohel Chaya School
    1,160 feet
Show all 6
  1. Uta 110 School
    1,180 feet
  2. Congregation Luminous Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    1,190 feet
  3. Luminous Bushwick Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,190 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Bushwick Garden - Bushwick Houses (NYCHA) Garden
    460 feet
  2. Nos Cuidamos Community Garden
    750 feet
  3. Bartlett Playground
    1,210 feet
Show all 4
  1. Bushwick Playground
    1,220 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Humboldt Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    890 feet

Health care

  1. Woodhull Medical & Mental Health Center Hospital
    1,220 feet
  2. EMS Station 57 Ambulance station
    1,230 feet

Houses of worship

  1. All Saints RC Church House of worship
    920 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Metropolitan Post Office Listed historic place
    360 feet
  2. Older adult center at 80 Seigel Street Older adult center
    830 feet
  3. Bushwick/Hylan Community Center
    840 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    260 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    330 feet
  3. TD Bank Bank branch
    360 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    760 feet
  2. Green Corner Fish & Farmers Market Supermarket
    1,020 feet
  3. Bravo Supermarket
    1,220 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    720 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 45 places to eat and 22 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 16 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Cook Street or Graham Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYCHA, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.