Kingsland Avenue & Withers Street

Kingsland Avenue and Withers Street meet at a three-way junction in East Williamsburg, Brooklyn, at the edge of NYCHA's Cooper Park development. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Red Shed Community Garden is 560 feet away. The nearest subway, Graham Av, is about seven minutes on foot, for the L. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, four of them religious buildings, and eight places to eat. About 2,400 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
1 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Graham Av
0.4 miles · 7 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
50 feet
Kingsland Av/Withers St · B24
Within a walk
11 places
4 religious buildings, 1 community center and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Kingsland Avenue & Withers 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 seven 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 …

Also within a walk

  1. Grand St L
    0.5 miles
    L

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Kingsland Av/Withers St, 50 feet away, for the B24.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Kingsland Av/Withers St B24
    50 feet
    B24

Next buses at this stop

  1. B24 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 13 bicycle racks within 820 feet, one of them an on-street corral
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Withers St & Kingsland Ave 18 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, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 65 Kingsland Avenue Gas station
    210 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
    0.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 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
34 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

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

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 28 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 8 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2015 and May 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

West side of Kingsland Avenue

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

North side of Withers Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-1PM

South side of Withers Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 1 community center
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 garden
  • 1 older adult center
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Carrig Montessori Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    960 feet
  2. Nysarc NYC - Francis of Paola School
    1,120 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Red Shed Community Garden
    560 feet
  2. Frost Playground
    620 feet
  3. Cooper Park
    1,060 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Francis of Paola Church House of worship
    1,100 feet
  2. St Cecilias Church House of worship
    1,210 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Cooper Park Community Center
    280 feet
  2. Older adult center at 288 Frost Street Older adult center
    600 feet

Supermarkets

  1. City Fresh Market Supermarket
    120 feet
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are eight places to eat and four 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 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Kingsland Avenue or Withers 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, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.