Manhattan Avenue & Metropolitan Avenue

Manhattan Avenue and Metropolitan Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in East Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 14 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. School Settlement Association Community Center is 730 feet away. The nearest subway, Graham Av, is about two minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places, five of them religious buildings, and 58 places to eat. About 2,300 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
8 hurt
14 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Graham Av
460 feet · 2 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
340 feet
Metropolitan Av/Leonard St · B24
Within a walk
15 places
5 religious buildings, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Manhattan Avenue & Metropolitan Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Graham Av, 460 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Graham Av L
    460 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
    950 feet
    G L
  2. Grand St L
    0.4 miles
    L

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Metropolitan Av/Leonard St, 340 feet away, for the B24.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Metropolitan Av/Leonard St B24
    340 feet
    B24

Next buses at this stop

  1. B24 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Manhattan Avenue.

  • 66 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Manhattan Ave & Devoe St 24 docks in all
    310 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, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 112 Richardson Street Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 444 Graham Avenue Charging for electric cars, 12 Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 1074 Grand Street Fast charging for electric cars
    0.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 14 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, July 2017

About this corner

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

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 2,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 31 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 61 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 36 signs on these blocks
  • 11 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2014 and August 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Manhattan Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

West side of Manhattan Avenue

  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

North side of Metropolitan Avenue

  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

South side of Metropolitan Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 10:30AM-11:30AM
  • No standing 8 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 4PM-7PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 community center
  • 1 library
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 132 the Conselyea School
    270 feet
  2. St. Nicks Alliance Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    640 feet
  3. B'Above Worldwide Institute Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    760 feet
Show all 4
  1. NYSARC Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,090 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Memorial Gore Park
    1,030 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Leonard Library
    750 feet
  2. Bushwick War Memorial Monument or memorial
    1,060 feet
  3. Moslem Mosque Listed historic place
    1,150 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Francis of Paola Church House of worship
    1,280 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 211 Ainslie Street Older adult center
    550 feet
  2. School Settlement Association Community Center
    730 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    560 feet
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    910 feet
  3. Bravo Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 58 places to eat and 23 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: 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 Manhattan Avenue or Metropolitan Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, 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.