Lorimer Street & Meeker Avenue

Lorimer Street and Meeker Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in East Williamsburg, Brooklyn. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. In 2025, 3,112 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. The stele “Father Giorgio Memorial” is 80 feet away. The nearest subway, Metropolitan Av/Lorimer St, is about three minutes on foot, for the G and L. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, five of them parks, and 57 places to eat. About 2,400 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
No crash on record
in any year the city publishes
Nearest subway
Metropolitan Av/Lorimer St
830 feet · 3 min on foot · G, L
Nearest bus stop
150 feet
Lorimer St/Jackson St · B48
Within a walk
13 places
5 parks, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Lorimer Street & Meeker Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Metropolitan Av/Lorimer St, 830 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Metropolitan Av/Lorimer St G, L
    830 feet
    G L

Next trains at this station

Queens
1 line
  1. G …
Southbound
1 line
  1. G …
Manhattan
1 line
  1. L …
Outbound
1 line
  1. L …

Also within a walk

  1. Graham Av L
    0.4 miles
    L
  2. Bedford Av L
    0.4 miles
    L

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Signs of Life” (2000) by Jackie Chang and “Personal Choice #5” (2023) by Chloë Bass at the Metropolitan Av/Lorimer St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Lorimer St/Jackson St, 150 feet away, for the B48.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Lorimer St/Jackson St B48
    150 feet
    B48

Next buses at this stop

  1. B48 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Jackson St & Leonard St 22 docks in all
    550 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, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 112 Richardson Street Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 395 Leonard Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    1,280 feet
  3. 260 South 4th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    0.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

No police-reported crash has been recorded at this corner in any year the city publishes.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, March 2020

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 3,112 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 283rd most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 1,442 more were issued.

School-zone speed camera tickets by the direction of travel written on the ticket
Direction on the ticket20252026 so far
Northbound on Meeker Avenue2,3831,059
Westbound on Meeker Avenue729383
Total3,1121,442

Every corner with speed camera tickets

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11211
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 1
City Council district
33 and 34 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
94
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East Williamsburg
Elevation
16 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • Posted limits from 25 to 30 mph
  • 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.

Since 2014 at least 38 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 42 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 78 signs on these blocks
  • 16 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2016 and September 2025; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Lorimer Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 6 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Lorimer Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Meeker Avenue

  • Back-in parking only 11 signs BACK IN ANGLE PARKING ONLY
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 6 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No stopping 2 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

South side of Meeker Avenue

  • Back-in parking only 4 signs BACK IN 90 DEG PARKING ONLY

Monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Father Giorgio Square.

  1. Father Giorgio Memorial Stele by A.S. Cianfarani, 1954
    80 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 parks
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 pedestrian plazas
  • 1 community center
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 recreation center

Schools and child care

  1. City Kids Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    270 feet
  2. The Mount Carmel Early Childhood Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    850 feet
  3. Learning Steps Day Care Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    940 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Father Giorgio Triangle
    50 feet
  2. Badame Sessa Triangle
    360 feet
  3. Mt. Carmel Triangle
    720 feet
Show all 5
  1. Macri Triangle
    860 feet
  2. McCarren Park
    980 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Frost Street Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    510 feet
  2. North 10th & Union Avenue Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,070 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. School Settlement Association Community Center
    980 feet
  2. McCarren Play Center Recreation center
    1,310 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 229/Ladder 146 Fire station
    1,050 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 57 places to eat and 12 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 17 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Lorimer Street or Meeker Avenue.

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