Knickerbocker Avenue & Grattan Street

Knickerbocker Avenue and Grattan Street meet at a four-way crossing 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. La Finca Community Garden is 950 feet away. The nearest subway, Morgan Av, is about two minutes on foot, for the L. Within a five-minute walk are five public places, two of them religious buildings, and 33 places to eat. A bike lane separated from traffic runs along one of the streets meeting here.

Safety record
2 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Morgan Av
540 feet · 2 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
480 feet
Harrison Pl/Morgan Av · B60, L90
Within a walk
5 places
2 religious buildings, 1 fire station and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Knickerbocker Avenue & Grattan Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Morgan Av, 540 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  1. Morgan Av L
    540 feet
    L

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Jefferson St L
    0.4 miles
    L

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Harrison Pl/Morgan Av, 480 feet away, for the B60 and L90.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Harrison Pl/Morgan Av B60, L90
    480 feet
    B60 L90

Next buses at this stop

  1. B60 …
  2. L90 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Grattan Street and Knickerbocker Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Knickerbocker Ave & Thames St 20 docks in all
    250 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, 1.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1119 Flushing Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 14 Harrison Place Charging for electric cars, four 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.

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2023.

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
20 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • A designated truck route
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up in 1931.

Trees

Eighteen trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the swamp white oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

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

North side of Grattan Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM

South side of Grattan Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM

East side of Knickerbocker Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No stopping 2 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

West side of Knickerbocker Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Five public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 garden
  • 1 park

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. La Finca Community Garden
    950 feet
  2. Gilbert Ramirez Park
    1,080 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 237 Fire station
    530 feet

Supermarkets

  1. City Fresh Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 33 places to eat and 14 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 14 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Grattan Street or Knickerbocker Avenue.

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