Humboldt Street & Metropolitan Avenue

Humboldt Street and Metropolitan Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in East Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 21 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Orient Grove is 750 feet away. The nearest subway, Graham Av, is about two minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 18 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 49 places to eat. About 2,400 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
14 hurt
21 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Graham Av
440 feet · 2 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
260 feet
Woodpoint Rd/Conselyea St · B24
Within a walk
18 places
7 religious buildings, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Humboldt Street & Metropolitan Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Graham Av, 440 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Graham Av L
    440 feet
    L

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Grand St L
    1,210 feet
    L
  2. Metropolitan Av/Lorimer St G, L
    0.4 miles
    G L

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Woodpoint Rd/Conselyea St, 260 feet away, for the B24.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Woodpoint Rd/Conselyea St B24
    260 feet
    B24

Next buses at this stop

  1. B24 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 60 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Graham Ave & Conselyea St 30 docks in all
    700 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, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 65 Kingsland Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 444 Graham Avenue Charging for electric cars, 12 Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 1074 Grand Street Fast charging for electric cars
    0.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 21 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 14 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Safety Improvement Project, 2009
  • Leading pedestrian interval, July 2024

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11211
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 1
City Council district
34
Police precinct
90 and 94 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East Williamsburg
Elevation
38 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 71 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 63 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 21 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2017 and August 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Humboldt Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of Humboldt Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Metropolitan Avenue

  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM

South side of Metropolitan Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 10:30AM-11:30AM
  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 4PM-7PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eighteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 gardens
  • 2 parks
  • 2 schools
  • 1 monument or memorial

Schools and child care

  1. NYSARC Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    360 feet
  2. Nysarc NYC - Francis of Paola School
    490 feet
  3. Carrig Montessori Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,140 feet
Show all 5
  1. P.S. 132 the Conselyea School
    1,180 feet
  2. B'Above Worldwide Institute Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,210 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Memorial Gore Park
    100 feet
  2. Orient Grove Garden
    750 feet
  3. Red Shed Community Garden
    890 feet
Show all 5
  1. Cooper Park
    1,180 feet
  2. Powers Street Garden
    1,250 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Bushwick War Memorial Monument or memorial
    120 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Francis of Paola Church House of worship
    340 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    100 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    460 feet
  3. Bravo Supermarket
    1,160 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 49 places to eat and 16 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 19 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Humboldt Street or Metropolitan Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, 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, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.