Kingsland Avenue & Richardson Street

Kingsland Avenue and Richardson Street meet at a three-way junction in East Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. St Cecilias Church is 690 feet away. The nearest subway, Graham Av, is about nine minutes on foot, for the L. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, two of them religious buildings, and ten places to eat. About 1,900 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Graham Av
0.4 miles · 9 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
130 feet
Kingsland Av/Richardson St · B24
Within a walk
7 places
2 religious buildings, 1 community center and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Kingsland Avenue & Richardson Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Graham Av, 0.4 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  1. Graham Av L
    0.4 miles
    L

Next trains at this station

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Kingsland Av/Richardson St, 130 feet away, for the B24.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Kingsland Av/Richardson St B24
    130 feet
    B24

Next buses at this stop

  1. B24 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Richardson St & N Henry St 25 docks in all
    470 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
    440 feet
  2. 444 Graham Avenue Charging for electric cars, 12 Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. 1074 Grand Street Fast charging for electric cars
    0.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported four crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, October 2023
  • Turn calming, May 2024

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11222
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 1
City Council district
34
Police precinct
94
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East Williamsburg
Elevation
28 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 5 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 29 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the Callery pear and the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 30 signs on these blocks
  • 11 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2014 and May 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Kingsland Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 8AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Kingsland Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Richardson Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of Richardson Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 community center
  • 1 garden
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Frost Playground
    490 feet
  2. Red Shed Community Garden
    1,080 feet
  3. Fidelity Triangle
    1,290 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Cecilias Church House of worship
    690 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Cooper Park Community Center
    400 feet
  2. Older adult center at 288 Frost Street Older adult center
    470 feet

Supermarkets

  1. City Fresh Market Supermarket
    520 feet
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Met Foodmarkets Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 16 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Kingsland Avenue or Richardson Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYCHA, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.