Liberty Avenue & Williams Avenue

Liberty Avenue and Williams Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in East New York (North), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 21 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Williams Avenue Community Garden is 200 feet away. The nearest subway, Liberty Av, is about four minutes on foot, and four subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, seven of them religious buildings, and two places to eat. About 170 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
15 hurt
21 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Liberty Av
1,010 feet · 4 min on foot · C
Nearest bus stop
580 feet
Liberty Av/Snediker Av · T426
Within a walk
10 places
7 religious buildings, 2 gardens and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Liberty Avenue & Williams Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Liberty Av, 1,010 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Liberty Av C
    1,010 feet
    C

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. C …
Outbound
1 line
  1. C …

Also within a walk

  1. Atlantic Av L
    1,210 feet
    L
  2. Alabama Av J, Z
    0.3 miles
    J Z

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Liberty Av/Snediker Av, 580 feet away, for the T426.

  • 12 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Liberty Av/Snediker Av T426
    580 feet
    T426

Next buses at this stop

  1. T426 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Liberty Avenue and Williams Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Georgia Ave & Liberty Ave 12 docks in all
    540 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 32 Jamaica Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 492 Thomas Boyland Street Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    1 mile
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    2.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 21 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11207
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 5
City Council district
37
Police precinct
75
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East New York (North)
Elevation
54 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 170 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Trees

NYC Parks records 64 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2017 and April 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Liberty Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 3AM-6AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING 7AM-1PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

South side of Liberty Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 3AM-6AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-1PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

East side of Williams Avenue

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 3AM-6AM

West side of Williams Avenue

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 3AM-6AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 2 gardens
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Trey Whitfield School
    570 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Williams Avenue Community Garden
    200 feet
  2. TLC Sculpture Park Garden
    490 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are two places to eat and three 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 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Liberty Avenue or Williams 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.