Graham Avenue & Richardson Street

Graham Avenue and Richardson Street meet at a four-way crossing in East Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Lentol Garden is 350 feet away. The nearest subway, Graham Av, is about six minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, two of them schools, and 30 places to eat. About 1,900 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
1 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Graham Av
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
Graham Av/Richardson St · B43
Within a walk
9 places
2 schools, 1 community center and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Graham Avenue & Richardson Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

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

Bus

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

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B43 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 30 bicycle racks within 820 feet, one of them an on-street corral
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Graham Ave & Herbert St 26 docks in all
    250 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, 320 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 497 Meeker Avenue Gas station
    930 feet
  2. 444 Graham Avenue Charging for electric cars, 12 Level 2 chargers
    190 feet
  3. 1074 Grand Street Fast charging for electric cars
    0.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in August 2022.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, June 2022

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11211
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 1
City Council district
34
Police precinct
94
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East Williamsburg
Elevation
15 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 98 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 44 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 21 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2016 and August 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Graham Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of Graham Avenue

  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AVO COMMUITY BOARD MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Richardson Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING FIRE ZONE

South side of Richardson Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Romanesque Revival, and built between 1891 and 1892.

  1. 19th Police Precinct Station House and Stable Designated landmark
    530 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 schools
  • 1 community center
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 garden
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. B'Above Worldwide Institute Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,270 feet
  2. John Ericsson Middle School 126 School
    1,300 feet
  3. Northside Charter High School
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Lentol Garden
    350 feet
  2. Badame Sessa Triangle
    1,070 feet
  3. Ericsson Playground
    1,150 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Cecilias Church House of worship
    990 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. School Settlement Association Community Center
    1,240 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 229/Ladder 146 Fire station
    1,310 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. City Fresh Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Met Foodmarkets Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 30 places to eat and 12 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 19 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Graham Avenue or Richardson 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, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.