Harrison Place & Porter Avenue

Harrison Place and Porter Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in East Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. La Finca Community Garden is 1,250 feet away. The nearest subway, Morgan Av, is about three minutes on foot, for the L. Within a five-minute walk are three public places, two of them religious buildings, and 14 places to eat. About 500 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built in 1931, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
4 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Morgan Av
900 feet · 3 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
810 feet
Flushing Av/Knickerbocker Av · B57
Within a walk
3 places
2 religious buildings and 1 garden, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Harrison Place & Porter Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Morgan Av, 900 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  1. Morgan Av L
    900 feet
    L

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Jefferson St L
    0.4 miles
    L

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Flushing Av/Knickerbocker Av, 810 feet away, for the B57.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Flushing Av/Knickerbocker Av B57
    810 feet
    B57

Next buses at this stop

  1. B57 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Harrison Pl & Porter Ave 20 docks in all
    40 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, 1.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1119 Flushing Avenue Gas station
    1,100 feet
  2. 150 Noll Street Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 1074 Grand Street Fast charging for electric cars
    0.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2024.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11237
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 500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up in 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 23 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 37 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2019 and May 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Harrison Place

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

South side of Harrison Place

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 6AM-2PM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-5PM

East side of Porter Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM

West side of Porter Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Three public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 garden

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. La Finca Community Garden
    1,250 feet

Supermarkets

  1. City Fresh Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 14 places to eat and nine 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 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Harrison Place or Porter Avenue.

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 Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.