Johnson Avenue & White Street

Johnson Avenue and White Street meet at a three-way junction in East Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. In 2025, 432 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. Gilbert Ramirez Park is 520 feet away. The nearest subway, Morgan Av, is about four minutes on foot, for the L. Within a five-minute walk are two public places and ten places to eat. About 400 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1931 and 1942, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

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Johnson Avenue & White Street Nearby corners, linked

Subway

The nearest subway station is Morgan Av, 1,070 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  1. Morgan Av L
    1,070 feet
    L

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Montrose Av L
    0.3 miles
    L

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Johnson Av/White St, 120 feet away, for the B60.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Johnson Av/White St B60
    120 feet
    B60

Next buses at this stop

  1. B60 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. White St & Johnson Ave 23 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, 1.2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1119 Flushing Avenue Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 14 Harrison Place Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    1,310 feet
  3. 1074 Grand Street Fast charging for electric cars
    0.7 miles

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2023.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, December 2021
  • Leading pedestrian interval, October 2024

In 2025, 432 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 1,275th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 242 more were issued.

Every corner with speed camera tickets

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
17 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1931 and 1942.

Since 2014 at least 3 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 28 trees within 330 feet.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2015 and October 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

South side of Johnson Avenue

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING 8AM-5PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of White Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-6AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of White Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY MIDNIGHT-6AM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 8AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Two public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 park
  • 1 playground

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Gilbert Ramirez Park
    520 feet
  2. Gilbert Ramirez Park Playground
    540 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Beyond Natural Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Bravo Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

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

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

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, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.