Humboldt Street & Skillman Avenue

Humboldt Street and Skillman Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in East Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Red Shed Community Garden is 780 feet away. The nearest subway, Graham Av, is about four minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, three of them day care or pre-K sites, and 40 places to eat. About 2,300 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
4 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Graham Av
960 feet · 4 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
590 feet
Woodpoint Rd/Conselyea St · B24
Within a walk
13 places
3 day care or pre-K sites, 3 religious buildings and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Humboldt Street & Skillman Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Graham Av, 960 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Graham Av L
    960 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
    0.3 miles
    L
  2. Metropolitan Av/Lorimer St G, L
    0.4 miles
    G L

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Woodpoint Rd/Conselyea St, 590 feet away, for the B24.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B24 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 56 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Graham Ave & Conselyea St 30 docks in all
    760 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
    1,140 feet
  2. 444 Graham Avenue Charging for electric cars, 12 Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 1074 Grand Street Fast charging for electric cars
    0.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11211
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 1
City Council district
34
Police precinct
94
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East Williamsburg
Elevation
35 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • 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.

Since 2014 at least 48 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 75 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2014 and October 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Humboldt Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Humboldt Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

North side of Skillman Avenue

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of Skillman Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. NYSARC Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    360 feet
  2. Nysarc NYC - Francis of Paola School
    490 feet
  3. B'Above Worldwide Institute Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    700 feet
Show all 5
  1. P.S. 132 the Conselyea School
    1,180 feet
  2. Carrig Montessori Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,220 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Memorial Gore Park
    530 feet
  2. Red Shed Community Garden
    780 feet
  3. Orient Grove Garden
    1,260 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Bushwick War Memorial Monument or memorial
    500 feet

Houses of worship

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

Community centers and public services

  1. School Settlement Association Community Center
    1,160 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    500 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    980 feet
  3. City Fresh Market Supermarket
    1,090 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 40 places to eat and 19 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 17 corners within a three-minute walk:

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