Manhattan Avenue & Meserole Street

Manhattan Avenue and Meserole 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. Martinez Playground is 310 feet away. The nearest subway, Montrose Av, is about six minutes on foot, and four subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 25 public places, nine of them religious buildings, and 27 places to eat. About 2,600 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
5 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Montrose Av
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
100 feet
Meserole St/Manhattan Av · B60
Within a walk
25 places
9 religious buildings, 5 schools and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Manhattan Avenue & Meserole Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Montrose 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. Lorimer St J, M
    0.4 miles
    J M
  2. Broadway G
    0.4 miles
    G

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Meserole St/Manhattan Av, 100 feet away, for the B60.

  • 12 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Meserole St/Manhattan Av B60
    100 feet
    B60

Next buses at this stop

  1. B60 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Manhattan Avenue and Meserole Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Scholes St & Manhattan Ave 36 docks in all
    340 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Borinquen Place, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 247 Union Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 260 South 4th Street Charging for electric cars, fast chargers
    0.7 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
  • 3 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2026.

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
35 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 99 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
  • 25 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2017 and May 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Manhattan Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of Manhattan Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

North side of Meserole Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of Meserole Street

  • Ambulances only 1 sign AMBULANCE ONLY
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are two Individual Landmarks, and six buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Modern. They were mostly built between 1935 and 1938.

  1. Williamsburg Houses Designated landmark
    420 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 25 public places.

  • 9 religious buildings
  • 5 schools
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 gardens
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 250 George H. Lindsay School
    490 feet
  2. Brownsville Collegiate Charter School
    680 feet
  3. Colony-South Brooklyn Houses Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K · listed historic place
    1,040 feet
Show all 9
  1. Brooklyn Latin School, The School
    1,070 feet
  2. Lyons Community School
    1,070 feet
  3. The Williamsburg High School of Art and Technology School
    1,070 feet
  4. Bushwick Improvement Society Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,140 feet
  5. Bushwick United Housing Dev Fund/ Bushwick United Hs/ Early Learn Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,180 feet
  6. Oitzerlech Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,260 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Martinez Playground
    310 feet
  2. Scholes Street Children’s Garden
    380 feet
  3. Sternberg Park
    770 feet
Show all 5
  1. Sunshine Community Garden
    1,120 feet
  2. Sternberg Park Playground
    1,170 feet

Houses of worship

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

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 202 Graham Avenue Older adult center
    980 feet
  2. Williamsburg Community Center
    1,020 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Beyond Natural Market Supermarket
    1,250 feet
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 27 places to eat and 15 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Manhattan Avenue or Meserole Street.

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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.