Humboldt Street & Ainslie Street

Humboldt Street and Ainslie Street meet at a four-way crossing in East Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Brooklyn corner. Bushwick War Memorial is 600 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 15 public places, six of them religious buildings, and 56 places to eat. About 2,500 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
2 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Grand St
790 feet · 3 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
550 feet
Graham Av/Ainslie St · B43
Within a walk
15 places
6 religious buildings, 3 gardens and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Humboldt Street & Ainslie Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Grand St, 790 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Grand St L
    790 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
    970 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/Ainslie St, 550 feet away, for the B43.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B43 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 83 bicycle racks within 820 feet, one of them an on-street corral
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Bushwick Ave & Powers St 32 docks in all
    640 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. 65 Kingsland Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 444 Graham Avenue Charging for electric cars, 12 Level 2 chargers
    0.6 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 seven crashes at this corner, the median for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in August 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
44 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 2,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 78 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 61 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 24 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2017 and September 2018, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Ainslie Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of Ainslie Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

East side of Humboldt Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of Humboldt Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 3 gardens
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 monument or memorial
  • 1 older adult center
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. St. Nicks Alliance Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    830 feet
  2. NYSARC Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    890 feet
  3. Nysarc NYC - Francis of Paola School
    1,020 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Memorial Gore Park
    630 feet
  2. Powers Street Garden
    910 feet
  3. Olive Street Garden
    1,210 feet
Show all 4
  1. Orient Grove Garden
    1,280 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Bushwick War Memorial Monument or memorial
    600 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St John Evangelist Lutheran Church Listed historic place
    790 feet
  2. St Francis of Paola Church House of worship
    870 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 211 Ainslie Street Older adult center
    920 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    970 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    630 feet
  2. Bravo Supermarket
    630 feet
  3. CTown Supermarket
    950 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 56 places to eat and 17 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 16 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Ainslie Street or Humboldt 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 Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.