Graham Avenue & Powers Street

Graham Avenue and Powers Street meet at a four-way crossing in East Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Brooklyn Latin School, The is 1,140 feet away, and Williamsburg Community Center is 1,220 feet away. The nearest subway, Graham Av, is about three minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 17 public places, six of them religious buildings, and 74 places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Graham Av
800 feet · 3 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
170 feet
Graham Av/Grand St · B43
Within a walk
17 places
6 religious buildings, 3 schools and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Graham Avenue & Powers Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Graham Av, 800 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Graham Av L
    800 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
    1,060 feet
    L
  2. Metropolitan Av/Lorimer St G, L
    0.4 miles
    G L

Bus

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

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Graham Av/Grand St B43 · Shelter
    170 feet
    B43
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B43 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 79 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
    210 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
    0.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2024.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, June 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
37 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 88 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 58 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 30 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2016 and March 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Graham Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of Graham Avenue

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Ambulances only 1 sign AMBULANCE ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

North side of Powers Street

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

South side of Powers Street

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 300658 and 332690.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and four buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Modern. They were built between 1935 and 1938.

  1. Williamsburg Houses Designated landmark
    660 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seventeen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 older adult centers
  • 1 community center
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. St. Nicks Alliance Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    630 feet
  2. Colony-South Brooklyn Houses Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K · listed historic place
    1,010 feet
  3. Brooklyn Latin School, The School
    1,140 feet
Show all 5
  1. Lyons Community School
    1,140 feet
  2. The Williamsburg High School of Art and Technology School
    1,140 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Powers Street Garden
    1,170 feet
  2. Martinez Playground
    1,220 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Moslem Mosque Listed historic place
    830 feet

Houses of worship

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

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 211 Ainslie Street Older adult center
    710 feet
  2. Williamsburg Community Center
    1,220 feet
  3. Older adult center at 202 Graham Avenue Older adult center
    1,280 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    350 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    520 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    750 feet
  3. Bravo Supermarket
    840 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 74 places to eat and 24 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Graham Avenue or Powers Street.

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, 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.