Humboldt Street & Montrose Avenue

Humboldt Street and Montrose Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in East Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 17 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Most Holy Trinity Church St Mary is 770 feet away. The nearest subway, Montrose Av, is about two minutes on foot, for the L. Within a five-minute walk are 20 public places, nine of them religious buildings, and 41 places to eat. About 2,800 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
6 hurt
17 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Montrose Av
440 feet · 2 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
350 feet
Johnson Av/Humboldt St · B60
Within a walk
20 places
9 religious buildings, 4 schools and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Humboldt Street & Montrose Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  1. Montrose 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
    0.4 miles
    L

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Johnson Av/Humboldt St, 350 feet away, for the B60.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Johnson Av/Humboldt St B60
    350 feet
    B60

Next buses at this stop

  1. B60 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Montrose Ave & Bushwick Ave 42 docks in all
    400 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 mile by car along the streets.

  1. 247 Union Avenue Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 7 Marcus Garvey Boulevard Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.5 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 17 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 6 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.

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
35 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 149 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 65 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 27 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2017 and August 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Humboldt Street

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

West side of Humboldt Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

North side of Montrose Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Montrose Avenue

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are two Individual Landmarks, and five buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Modern. They were mostly built between 1935 and 1938.

  1. Williamsburg Houses Designated landmark
    690 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twenty public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 9 religious buildings
  • 4 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 community center
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Creative Academy Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    580 feet
  2. Brownsville Collegiate Charter School
    680 feet
  3. M.S. 582 School
    920 feet
Show all 6
  1. P.S. 196 Ten Eyck School
    920 feet
  2. P.S. 250 George H. Lindsay School
    1,170 feet
  3. Colony-South Brooklyn Houses Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K · listed historic place
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Ten Eyck Playground
    1,000 feet
  2. Scholes Street Children’s Garden
    1,090 feet
  3. Martinez Playground
    1,220 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Most Holy Trinity Church St Mary House of worship
    770 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 202 Graham Avenue Older adult center
    1,020 feet
  2. Williamsburg Community Center
    1,290 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Beyond Natural Market Supermarket
    100 feet
  2. Bravo Supermarket
    1,140 feet
  3. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 41 places to eat and 22 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:

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