Manhattan Avenue & Boerum Street

Manhattan Avenue and Boerum Street meet at a four-way crossing in East Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Brooklyn corner. Most Holy Trinity Church St Mary is 490 feet away. The nearest subway, Lorimer St, is about six minutes on foot, and four subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 17 public places, nine of them religious buildings, and 27 places to eat. About 3,800 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1964 and 1973, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
5 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Lorimer St
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · J, M
Nearest bus stop
650 feet
Graham Av/Johnson Av · B43
Within a walk
17 places
9 religious buildings, 2 gardens and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Manhattan Avenue & Boerum Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Lorimer St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Lorimer St J, M
    0.3 miles
    J M

Next trains at this station

Outbound
2 lines
  1. J …
  2. M …
Manhattan
2 lines
  1. J …
  2. M …

Also within a walk

  1. Broadway G
    0.3 miles
    G
  2. Montrose Av L
    0.4 miles
    L

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Roundlet Series” (2002) by Annette Davidek at the Lorimer St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Graham Av/Johnson Av, 650 feet away, for the B43.

  • 15 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Graham Av/Johnson Av B43 · Shelter
    650 feet
    B43
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B43 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Manhattan Avenue.

  • 43 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. McKibbin St & Manhattan Ave 23 docks in all
    420 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Borinquen Place, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 249 Lynch Street Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 7 Marcus Garvey Boulevard Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    0.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 5 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11206
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 1
City Council district
34
Police precinct
90
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East Williamsburg
Elevation
25 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 3,800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1964 and 1973.

Since 2014 at least 82 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 66 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese pagoda tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 63 signs on these blocks
  • 12 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2018 and March 2022, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Boerum Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Parallel parking only 3 signs PARALLEL PARKING ONLY

South side of Boerum Street

  • Back-in parking only 3 signs BACK IN ANGLE PARKING ONLY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Manhattan Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of Manhattan Avenue

  • Back-in parking only 12 signs BACK IN ANGLE PARKING ONLY
  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 10 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seventeen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 9 religious buildings
  • 2 gardens
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 2 schools
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 park

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 250 George H. Lindsay School
    590 feet
  2. Brownsville Collegiate Charter School
    720 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Sunshine Community Garden
    320 feet
  2. Sternberg Park
    490 feet
  3. Sternberg Park Playground
    540 feet
Show all 5
  1. Martinez Playground
    1,100 feet
  2. Scholes Street Children’s Garden
    1,180 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Most Holy Trinity Church St Mary House of worship
    490 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 80 Seigel Street Older adult center
    890 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    1,030 feet
  2. Bravo Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Beyond Natural Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 27 places to eat and 13 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 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Boerum 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, NYCHA, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.