Knickerbocker Avenue & Morgan Avenue

Knickerbocker Avenue and Morgan Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in East Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 42 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. The Engine 237 firehouse is 980 feet away. The nearest subway, Morgan Av, is about two minutes on foot, for the L. Within a five-minute walk are three public places and 12 places to eat. A bike lane separated from traffic runs along one of the streets meeting here.

Safety record
18 hurt
42 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Morgan Av
630 feet · 2 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
100 feet
Johnson Av/Morgan Av · B60
Within a walk
3 places
1 fire station, 1 park and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Knickerbocker Avenue & Morgan Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Morgan Av, 630 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  1. Morgan Av L
    630 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
    0.5 miles
    L

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Johnson Av/Morgan Av, 100 feet away, for the B60.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Johnson Av/Morgan Av B60
    100 feet
    B60

Next buses at this stop

  1. B60 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. McKibbin St & Bogart St 30 docks in all
    1,030 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, 1.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1119 Flushing Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 14 Harrison Place Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    1,280 feet
  3. 1074 Grand Street Fast charging for electric cars
    0.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 42 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 17 people injured
  • 1 person killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 7 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, December 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
14 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 120 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1920 and 1931.

Trees

Sixteen trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 76 signs on these blocks
  • 17 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2018 and September 2021; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Johnson Avenue

  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Johnson Avenue

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM

East side of Knickerbocker Avenue

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

West side of Knickerbocker Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Morgan Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Three public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 fire station
  • 1 park
  • 1 religious building

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Gilbert Ramirez Park
    980 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 237 Fire station
    980 feet

Supermarkets

  1. City Fresh Market Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 12 places to eat and four food stores.

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

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Johnson Avenue, Knickerbocker Avenue or Morgan Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, 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.