Graham Avenue & Varet Street

Graham Avenue and Varet Street meet at a four-way crossing in East Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Williamsburg Branch, Public National Bank of New York Building stands 110 feet away, and Bushwick Playground is 1,240 feet away. The nearest subway, Flushing Av, is about four minutes on foot, and four subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 14 public places, four of them religious buildings, and 40 places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Flushing Av
950 feet · 4 min on foot · J, M
Nearest bus stop
180 feet
Graham Av/Cook St · B43
Within a walk
14 places
4 religious buildings, 3 gardens and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Graham Avenue & Varet Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Flushing Av, 950 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Flushing Av J, M
    950 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
    0.3 miles
    J M
  2. Montrose Av L
    0.5 miles
    L

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, 180 feet away, for the B43.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B43 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 89 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Broadway & Whipple St 27 docks in all
    960 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 eight crashes at this corner, more 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 January 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, September 2016

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
18 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 50 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the northern red oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 40 signs on these blocks
  • 12 different rules
  • 9 active meters
  • 5 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2018 and June 2026, 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 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

North side of Varet Street

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Varet Street

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 301387, 308560, 330511, 336971 and 337162.

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
    110 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
    490 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fourteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 3 gardens
  • 1 college
  • 1 community center
  • 1 older adult center
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 257 John F. Hylan School
    390 feet
  2. Boricua College - Brooklyn College
    710 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Bushwick Garden - Bushwick Houses (NYCHA) Garden
    190 feet
  2. Nos Cuidamos Community Garden
    500 feet
  3. Sunshine Community Garden
    1,150 feet
Show all 4
  1. Bushwick Playground
    1,240 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Humboldt Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    630 feet

Houses of worship

  1. All Saints RC Church House of worship
    1,170 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 80 Seigel Street Older adult center
    560 feet
  2. Bushwick/Hylan Community Center
    580 feet
  3. Metropolitan Post Office Listed historic place
    620 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    30 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    80 feet
  3. TD Bank Bank branch
    620 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    500 feet
  2. Bravo Supermarket
    960 feet
  3. Green Corner Fish & Farmers Market Supermarket
    1,280 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    980 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 40 places to eat and 24 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Graham Avenue or Varet 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, 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.