Harrison Avenue & Gerry Street

Harrison Avenue and Gerry Street meet at a four-way crossing in South Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 16 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Bais Ruchel High School is 160 feet away. The nearest subway, Flushing Av, is about three minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 19 public places, five of them schools, and ten places to eat. About 1,400 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 2008 and 2022, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
8 hurt
16 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Flushing Av
660 feet · 3 min on foot · G
Nearest bus stop
490 feet
Flushing Av/Tompkins Av · B57
Within a walk
19 places
5 schools, 4 religious buildings and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Harrison Avenue & Gerry Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Flushing Av, 660 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Flushing Av G
    660 feet
    G

Next trains at this station

Queens
1 line
  1. G …
Southbound
1 line
  1. G …

Also within a walk

  1. Lorimer St J, M
    1,220 feet
    J M
  2. Broadway G
    0.3 miles
    G

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Flushing Av/Tompkins Av, 490 feet away, for the B57.

  • 15 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Flushing Av/Tompkins Av B57
    490 feet
    B57

Next buses at this stop

  1. B57 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Harrison Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Tompkins Ave & Hopkins St 19 docks in all
    680 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Bedford Avenue, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 212 Harrison Avenue Gas station
    400 feet
  2. 28-17 42nd Road Charging for electric cars, fast chargers
    0.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 16 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 8 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 4 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11206
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 1
City Council district
33
Police precinct
90
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
South Williamsburg
Elevation
11 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 2008 and 2022.

Since 2014 at least 312 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 60 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 38 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2016 and April 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Gerry Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SATURDAY
  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Gerry Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

East side of Harrison Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-7PM

North side of Harrison Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

South side of Harrison Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

West side of Harrison Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 2AM-5AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nineteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 schools
  • 4 religious buildings
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 1 garden
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Bais Ruchel High School
    160 feet
  2. Beginning With Children Charter School 2 School
    390 feet
  3. Per Scholas Trade or language school
    560 feet
Show all 9
  1. Sunny Tots Brooklyn Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    650 feet
  2. Kiddies Daycare NY Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    840 feet
  3. Uta 110 School
    980 feet
  4. Bnos Nitra School
    1,010 feet
  5. Talmud Torah Dnitra School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,030 feet
  6. I.S. 318 Eugenio Maria de Hostos School
    1,110 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Bartlett Playground
    560 feet
  2. De Hostos Playground
    590 feet
  3. George Washington Carver Community Garden
    790 feet
Show all 5
  1. Charlie's Place Playground
    870 feet
  2. Harmony Triangle
    990 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Pfizer Sites Development Public space
    160 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Green Corner Fish & Farmers Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are ten places to eat and 13 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 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Gerry Street or Harrison Avenue.

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