Johnson Avenue & Stewart Avenue

Johnson Avenue and Stewart Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in East Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 37 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. In 2026, 242 red-light camera tickets were recorded here through July 26. The nearest subway, Jefferson St, is about five minutes on foot, for the L. Within a five-minute walk are eight places to eat. About 120 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built in 1931, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
26 hurt
37 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Jefferson St
1,240 feet · 5 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
980 feet
Flushing Av/Wyckoff Av · B57
Within a walk
About 120 homes
within 820 feet of this corner

Map

Layers
Johnson Avenue & Stewart Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Jefferson St, 1,240 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  1. Jefferson St L
    1,240 feet
    L

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Morgan Av L
    0.4 miles
    L

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Flushing Av/Wyckoff Av, 980 feet away, for the B57.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Flushing Av/Wyckoff Av B57
    980 feet
    B57

Next buses at this stop

  1. B57 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Stewart Ave & Johnson Ave 17 docks in all
    50 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, 1.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1119 Flushing Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 150 Noll Street Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    0.6 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 37 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, June 2025

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2026 so far, through July 26, 242 red-light camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner.

Every corner with red-light camera tickets

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11237
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 1
City Council district
34
Police precinct
90
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East Williamsburg
Elevation
11 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 120 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 in 1931.

Trees

Nine trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the Kentucky coffeetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 40 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2015 and February 2019, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Johnson Avenue

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM

South side of Johnson Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM

East side of Stewart Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Stewart Avenue

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No stopping 2 signs NO STOPPING 7AM-9AM 4PM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

Within a walk

How places are listed

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are eight places to eat and two food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet and a listed public place within a five-minute walk.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Johnson Avenue or Stewart Avenue.

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