Manhattan Avenue & Ainslie Street

Manhattan Avenue and Ainslie Street meet at a four-way crossing in East Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Leonard Library is 840 feet away. The nearest subway, Graham Av, is about four minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, five of them religious buildings, and 61 places to eat. About 2,300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1910 and 1940, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Graham Av
990 feet · 4 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
550 feet
Graham Av/Ainslie St · B43
Within a walk
13 places
5 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Manhattan Avenue & Ainslie Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Graham Av, 990 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Graham Av L
    990 feet
    L

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Metropolitan Av/Lorimer St G, L
    0.3 miles
    G L
  2. Grand St L
    0.3 miles
    L

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Graham Av/Ainslie St, 550 feet away, for the B43.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Graham Av/Ainslie St B43 · Shelter
    550 feet
    B43
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B43 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Manhattan Avenue.

  • 97 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 3 of them on-street corrals
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Manhattan Ave & Devoe St 24 docks in all
    240 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, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 451 Lorimer Street Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 462 Keap Street Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 1074 Grand Street Fast charging for electric cars
    0.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported two crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11211
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 1
City Council district
34
Police precinct
90
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East Williamsburg
Elevation
37 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 2,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1910 and 1940.

Since 2014 at least 75 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 73 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2017 and May 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Ainslie Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of Ainslie Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

East side of Manhattan Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

West side of Manhattan Avenue

  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 schools
  • 1 community center
  • 1 library
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. St. Nicks Alliance Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    110 feet
  2. P.S. 132 the Conselyea School
    800 feet
  3. P.S. 018 Edward Bush School
    1,150 feet
Show all 4
  1. B'Above Worldwide Institute Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,290 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Moslem Mosque Listed historic place
    620 feet
  2. Leonard Library
    840 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 211 Ainslie Street Older adult center
    110 feet
  2. School Settlement Association Community Center
    1,260 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,090 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    760 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    960 feet
  3. Bravo Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 61 places to eat and 18 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 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Ainslie Street or Manhattan 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 Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.