Grand Street & Graham Avenue

Grand Street and Graham Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in East Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 42 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Williamsburg Houses stands 400 feet away. The nearest subway, Grand St, 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, five of them religious buildings, and 72 places to eat. A bike lane separated from traffic runs along Grand Street.

Safety record
32 hurt
42 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Grand St
880 feet · 3 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
120 feet
Graham Av/Grand St · B43
Within a walk
17 places
5 religious buildings, 4 schools and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Grand Street & Graham Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Grand St, 880 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Grand St L
    880 feet
    L

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. L …
Outbound
1 line
  1. L …

Also within a walk

  1. Graham Av L
    1,070 feet
    L
  2. Metropolitan Av/Lorimer St G, L
    0.4 miles
    G L

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Gratitudes off Grand” (2023) by Glendalys Medina at the Grand St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Graham Av/Grand St, 120 feet away, for the B43.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B43 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Grand Street.

  • 73 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 3 of them on-street corrals
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Graham Ave & Grand St 29 docks in all
    90 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, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 451 Lorimer Street Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 444 Graham Avenue Charging for electric cars, 12 Level 2 chargers
    0.5 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 42 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 31 people injured
  • 1 person killed
  • 5 of those hurt, on foot
  • 10 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Turn calming, November 2019
  • Leading pedestrian interval, July 2024

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
38 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 2,400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1920 and 1938.

Since 2014 at least 94 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 48 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the Callery pear and the Kentucky coffeetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 43 signs on these blocks
  • 12 different rules
  • 6 active meters
  • 3 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2020 and August 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 5 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Ambulances only 1 sign AMBULANCE ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

North side of Grand Street

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 2PM-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY 7AM-2PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No stopping 4 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

South side of Grand Street

  • No stopping 7 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 332691, 335492 and 335645.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and eight 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
    400 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seventeen public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Colony-South Brooklyn Houses Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K · listed historic place
    740 feet
  2. Brooklyn Latin School, The School
    870 feet
  3. Lyons Community School
    870 feet
Show all 6
  1. The Williamsburg High School of Art and Technology School
    870 feet
  2. St. Nicks Alliance Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    900 feet
  3. P.S. 018 Edward Bush School
    1,090 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Martinez Playground
    950 feet
  2. Scholes Street Children’s Garden
    1,300 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Moslem Mosque Listed historic place
    1,100 feet

Houses of worship

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

Community centers and public services

  1. Williamsburg Community Center
    950 feet
  2. Older adult center at 211 Ainslie Street Older adult center
    980 feet
  3. Older adult center at 202 Graham Avenue Older adult center
    1,010 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    80 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    250 feet
  2. Bravo Supermarket
    630 feet
  3. CTown Supermarket
    1,020 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 72 places to eat and 22 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Graham Avenue or Grand Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, 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.