Graham Avenue & Johnson Avenue

Graham Avenue and Johnson Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in East Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 15 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Most Holy Trinity Church St Mary is 350 feet away, and Williamsburg Community Center is 1,100 feet away. The nearest subway, Montrose Av, is about five 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 44 places to eat.

Safety record
8 hurt
15 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Montrose Av
1,180 feet · 5 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
Graham Av/Johnson Av · B43
Within a walk
20 places
9 religious buildings, 2 gardens and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Graham Avenue & Johnson Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Montrose Av, 1,180 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Montrose Av L
    1,180 feet
    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. Broadway G
    0.4 miles
    G

Bus

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

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B43 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. McKibbin St & Manhattan Ave 23 docks in all
    880 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, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 247 Union Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 7 Marcus Garvey Boulevard Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    0.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 15 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
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, September 2016
  • Turn calming, May 2023
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, July 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
25 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 140 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 71 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2018 and August 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

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

North side of Johnson Avenue

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

South side of Johnson Avenue

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

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
  • 2 gardens
  • 2 older adult centers
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 2 schools
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Brownsville Collegiate Charter School
    340 feet
  2. P.S. 250 George H. Lindsay School
    810 feet
  3. Colony-South Brooklyn Houses Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K · listed historic place
    1,110 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Sunshine Community Garden
    680 feet
  2. Scholes Street Children’s Garden
    890 feet
  3. Martinez Playground
    1,020 feet
Show all 5
  1. Sternberg Park
    1,230 feet
  2. Sternberg Park Playground
    1,280 feet

Houses of worship

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

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 202 Graham Avenue Older adult center
    1,050 feet
  2. Older adult center at 80 Seigel Street Older adult center
    1,090 feet
  3. Williamsburg Community Center
    1,100 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,290 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Beyond Natural Market Supermarket
    850 feet
  2. Bravo Supermarket
    1,300 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 44 places to eat and 20 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Graham Avenue or Johnson 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 Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.