Graham Avenue & Withers Street

Graham Avenue and Withers Street meet at a four-way crossing in East Williamsburg, Brooklyn. The corner is also named Anthony Pastena, Sr. Corner by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. School Settlement Association Community Center is 780 feet away. The nearest subway, Graham Av, is about four minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, three of them religious buildings, and 42 places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Graham Av
1,020 feet · 4 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
160 feet
Graham Av/Jackson St · B43
Within a walk
9 places
3 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Graham Avenue & Withers Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Graham Av, 1,020 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Graham Av L
    1,020 feet
    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
    0.4 miles
    G L

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Graham Av/Jackson St, 160 feet away, for the B43.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Graham Av/Jackson St B43 · Shelter
    160 feet
    B43
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B43 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Graham Ave & Withers St 18 docks in all
    150 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, 850 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 65 Kingsland Avenue Gas station
    1,290 feet
  2. 444 Graham Avenue Charging for electric cars, 12 Level 2 chargers
    430 feet
  3. 1074 Grand Street Fast charging for electric cars
    0.8 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.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in July 2025.

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
21 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Anthony Pastena, Sr. Corner, a co-naming enacted on October 10, 2008 (Local Law 48 of 2008).

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 69 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 53 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Anthony Pastena, Sr. Corner.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 31 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2020 and March 2022, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Graham Avenue

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM

West side of Graham Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

North side of Withers Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of Withers Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 306357.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 community center
  • 1 garden
  • 1 park
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. B'Above Worldwide Institute Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    750 feet
  2. NYSARC Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,150 feet
  3. P.S. 132 the Conselyea School
    1,230 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Lentol Garden
    880 feet
  2. Badame Sessa Triangle
    950 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Francis of Paola Church House of worship
    1,220 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. School Settlement Association Community Center
    780 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    1,130 feet
  2. City Fresh Market Supermarket
    1,250 feet
  3. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 42 places to eat and 16 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 14 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Graham Avenue or Withers Street.

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