Knickerbocker Avenue & Thames Street

Knickerbocker Avenue and Thames 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. The Engine 237 firehouse is 730 feet away. The nearest subway, Morgan Av, is about three minutes on foot, for the L. Within a five-minute walk are four public places, two of them religious buildings, and 45 places to eat. A bike lane separated from traffic runs along Knickerbocker Avenue.

Safety record
2 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Morgan Av
830 feet · 3 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
370 feet
Flushing Av/Knickerbocker Av · B57
Within a walk
4 places
2 religious buildings, 1 fire station and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Knickerbocker Avenue & Thames Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Morgan Av, 830 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  1. Morgan Av L
    830 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 Flushing Av/Knickerbocker Av, 370 feet away, for the B57.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Flushing Av/Knickerbocker Av B57
    370 feet
    B57

Next buses at this stop

  1. B57 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Knickerbocker Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Knickerbocker Ave & Thames St 20 docks in all
    60 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. 150 Noll Street Charging for electric cars, ten 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

The most recent crash recorded here was in July 2025.

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
23 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,000 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.

Since 2014 at least 23 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 21 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 33 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2015 and October 2022, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Knickerbocker Avenue

  • No parking 4 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

North side of Thames Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 3 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-5PM

South side of Thames Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 5AM-5PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Four public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 garden

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. La Finca Community Garden
    670 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 237 Fire station
    730 feet

Supermarkets

  1. City Fresh Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 45 places to eat and 21 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 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Knickerbocker Avenue or Thames Street.

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