Manhattan Avenue & Frost Street

Manhattan Avenue and Frost Street meet at a four-way crossing in East Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. School Settlement Association Community Center is 580 feet away. The nearest subway, Graham Av, is about seven minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, three of them parks, and 30 places to eat. About 2,200 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Graham Av
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
640 feet
Graham Av/Richardson St · B43
Within a walk
12 places
3 parks, 3 schools and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Manhattan Avenue & Frost Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Graham Av, 0.3 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Graham Av L
    0.3 miles
    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
    0.4 miles
    G L
  2. Nassau Av G
    0.5 miles
    G

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Graham Av/Richardson St, 640 feet away, for the B43.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B43 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Manhattan Avenue.

  • 41 bicycle racks within 820 feet, one of them an on-street corral
  • 5 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Graham Ave & Herbert St 26 docks in all
    760 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, 800 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 112 Richardson Street Gas station
    800 feet
  2. 444 Graham Avenue Charging for electric cars, 12 Level 2 chargers
    850 feet
  3. 260 South 4th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1 mile

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported five 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 December 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11211
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 1
City Council district
34
Police precinct
94
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East Williamsburg
Elevation
11 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 107 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 39 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 21 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2017 and April 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Frost Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Frost Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

East side of Manhattan Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Manhattan Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 parks
  • 3 schools
  • 1 community center
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 fire station
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. John Ericsson Middle School 126 School
    1,010 feet
  2. Northside Charter High School
    1,010 feet
  3. B'Above Worldwide Institute Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,030 feet
Show all 4
  1. P.S. 132 the Conselyea School
    1,190 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Badame Sessa Triangle
    530 feet
  2. Lentol Garden
    790 feet
  3. Ericsson Playground
    860 feet
Show all 5
  1. Father Giorgio Triangle
    1,090 feet
  2. McCarren Park
    1,120 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Frost Street Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    900 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. School Settlement Association Community Center
    580 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 229/Ladder 146 Fire station
    1,000 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. City Fresh Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 30 places to eat and 12 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 18 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Frost 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, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.