Grand Street Bridge & Metropolitan Avenue

Grand Street Bridge and Metropolitan Avenue meet at a five-way junction in East Williamsburg, Brooklyn. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. The Engine 206 firehouse is 980 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Grand St/Metropolitan Av Bridge, is 130 feet away for the Q59, and two bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are one public place and six places to eat. Within 820 feet are six homes. Five trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the Atlas cedar.

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Grand Street Bridge & Metropolitan Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Grand St/Metropolitan Av Bridge, 130 feet away, for the Q59.

  • 2 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Grand St/Metropolitan Av Bridge Q59
    130 feet
    Q59

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q59 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Grand Street Bridge.

  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Metropolitan Ave & Vandervoort Ave 24 docks in all
    550 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Varick Avenue, 1 mile by car along the streets.

  1. 1176 Metropolitan Avenue Gas station
    630 feet
  2. 1074 Grand Street Charging for electric cars, four fast chargers
    530 feet

No police-reported crash has been recorded at this corner in any year the city publishes.

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

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

Within 820 feet of this corner are six homes. The buildings holding them mostly went up in 1960.

Trees

Five trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the Atlas cedar.

Places within a walk

How places are listed

One public place is within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 fire station

Fire and police

  1. Engine 206 Fire station
    980 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are six places to eat and two food stores.

Not on record for this corner:

  • A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
  • A signal or safety change
  • A parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here
  • A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

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