Humboldt Street & Moore Street

Humboldt Street and Moore Street meet at a four-way crossing in East Williamsburg, Brooklyn, at the edge of NYCHA's Bushwick development. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. The sculpture “Plaza Perch” is 100 feet away. The nearest subway, Flushing Av, is about five minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 20 public places, five of them religious buildings, and 24 places to eat.

Safety record
5 hurt
10 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Flushing Av
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · J, M
Nearest bus stop
650 feet
Graham Av/Seigel St · B43
Within a walk
20 places
5 religious buildings, 4 schools and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Humboldt Street & Moore Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Flushing Av, 0.3 miles from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Flushing Av J, M
    0.3 miles
    J M

Next trains at this station

Outbound
2 lines
  1. J …
  2. M …
Manhattan
2 lines
  1. J …
  2. M …

Also within a walk

  1. Lorimer St J, M
    0.3 miles
    J M
  2. Montrose Av L
    0.3 miles
    L

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Migration” (2006) by Robin Holder at the Flushing Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Graham Av/Seigel St, 650 feet away, for the B43.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Graham Av/Seigel St B43
    650 feet
    B43

Next buses at this stop

  1. B43 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 61 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Seigel St & Humboldt St 42 docks in all
    300 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Borinquen Place, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 212 Harrison Avenue Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 7 Marcus Garvey Boulevard Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    0.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 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
20 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1960 and 1972.

The corner stands at the edge of NYCHA's Bushwick development.

Since 2014 at least 93 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 42 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the northern red oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 58 signs on these blocks
  • 18 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2015 and July 2025; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8:30am to 7pm on Moore Street (south side).

East side of Humboldt Street

  • Back-in parking only 2 signs BACK IN ANGLE PARKING ONLY
  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Humboldt Street

  • Back-in parking only 1 sign BACK IN ANGLE PARKING ONLY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Parallel parking only 1 sign PARALLEL PARKING ONLY

North side of Moore Street

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 8AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 312092 and 329465.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Neoclassical, and built between 1921 and 1923.

  1. Williamsburg Branch, Public National Bank of New York Building Designated landmark
    600 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Humboldt Plaza.

  1. Plaza Perch Sculpture by Austin Thomas, 2017
    100 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twenty public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 4 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 gardens
  • 1 community center
  • 6 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 257 John F. Hylan School
    520 feet
  2. P.S. 147 Isaac Remsen School
    940 feet
  3. Young Women's Leadership School of Brooklyn School
    940 feet
Show all 6
  1. Ohel Chaya School
    1,200 feet
  2. Congregation Luminous Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    1,210 feet
  3. Luminous Bushwick Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,210 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Nos Cuidamos Community Garden
    120 feet
  2. Bushwick Garden - Bushwick Houses (NYCHA) Garden
    360 feet
  3. Bushwick Playground
    910 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Humboldt Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    130 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Bushwick Library
    710 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Mount Calvary FBH Church House of worship
    840 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Bushwick/Hylan Community Center
    350 feet
  2. Metropolitan Post Office Listed historic place
    770 feet
  3. Older adult center at 80 Seigel Street Older adult center
    780 feet
Show all 4
  1. Bushwick Pool Swimming pool
    980 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    730 feet
  2. Citibank Bank branch
    760 feet
  3. TD Bank Bank branch
    1,300 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Bravo Supermarket
    230 feet
  2. Green Corner Fish & Farmers Market Supermarket
    1,130 feet
  3. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    1,200 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 24 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 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

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