Humboldt Street & Maujer Street

Humboldt Street and Maujer Street meet at a four-way crossing in East Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 12 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. St John Evangelist Lutheran Church is 190 feet away. The nearest subway, Grand St, is about three minutes on foot, for the L. Within a five-minute walk are 17 public places, seven of them schools, and 39 places to eat. About 2,300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1920 and 1938, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

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Humboldt Street & Maujer Street Nearby corners, linked

Subway

The nearest subway station is Grand St, 680 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  1. Grand St L
    680 feet
    L

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Montrose Av L
    0.3 miles
    L
  2. Graham Av L
    0.3 miles
    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 Grand St/Graham Av, 540 feet away, for the Q54 and Q59.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Grand St/Graham Av Q54, Q59
    540 feet
    Q54 Q59

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q54 …
  2. Q59 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Graham Ave & Grand St 29 docks in all
    830 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, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 451 Lorimer Street 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
    0.7 miles

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 12 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 11 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 7 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11206
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 1
City Council district
34
Police precinct
90
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East Williamsburg
Elevation
46 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 2,300 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 80 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 46 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

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

East side of Humboldt Street

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING FIRE ZONE
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-MIDNIGHT EXCEPT SUNDAY

West side of Humboldt Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING FIRE ZONE

North side of Maujer Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of Maujer Street

  • Carshare only 1 sign CARSHARE PARKING ONLY OTHERS NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 13 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
    170 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seventeen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 schools
  • 5 religious buildings
  • 1 community center
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 garden
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Colony-South Brooklyn Houses Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K · listed historic place
    940 feet
  2. Brooklyn Latin School, The School
    1,070 feet
  3. Lyons Community School
    1,070 feet
Show all 8
  1. The Williamsburg High School of Art and Technology School
    1,070 feet
  2. East Williamsburg Scholars Academy School
    1,250 feet
  3. Progress High School for Professional Careers School
    1,250 feet
  4. The High School for Enterprise, Business and Technology School
    1,250 feet
  5. P.S. 018 Edward Bush School
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Martinez Playground
    1,150 feet
  2. Powers Street Garden
    1,160 feet

Houses of worship

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

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 202 Graham Avenue Older adult center
    970 feet
  2. Williamsburg Community Center
    1,150 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    710 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Bravo Supermarket
    430 feet
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    990 feet
  3. Beyond Natural Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 39 places to eat and 15 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

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

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