Manhattan Avenue & Montrose Avenue

Manhattan Avenue and Montrose Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in East Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 12 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Most Holy Trinity Church St Mary is 200 feet away. The nearest subway, Montrose Av, is about five minutes on foot, and four subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 19 public places, nine of them religious buildings, and 31 places to eat. About 2,300 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
7 hurt
12 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Montrose Av
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
160 feet
Montrose Av/Manhattan Av · B60
Within a walk
19 places
9 religious buildings, 2 gardens and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Manhattan Avenue & Montrose Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Montrose Av, 0.3 miles from this corner, about five 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 Montrose Av/Manhattan Av, 160 feet away, for the B60.

  • 13 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Montrose Av/Manhattan Av B60
    160 feet
    B60

Next buses at this stop

  1. B60 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Manhattan Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Borinquen Place, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 247 Union Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 7 Marcus Garvey Boulevard Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles
  3. 260 South 4th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    0.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 12 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 7 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 May 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
33 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • 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.

Since 2014 at least 41 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 63 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 38 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2018 and June 2023, 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

  • Back-in parking only 4 signs BACK IN ANGLE PARKING ONLY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Montrose Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of Montrose Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are two Individual Landmarks, and three buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Modern. They were built between 1887 and 1938.

  1. Williamsburg Houses Designated landmark
    690 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nineteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 9 religious buildings
  • 2 gardens
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 2 schools
  • 1 community center
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 250 George H. Lindsay School
    220 feet
  2. Brownsville Collegiate Charter School
    410 feet
  3. Colony-South Brooklyn Houses Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K · listed historic place
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Sternberg Park
    500 feet
  2. Martinez Playground
    580 feet
  3. Scholes Street Children’s Garden
    660 feet
Show all 5
  1. Sunshine Community Garden
    850 feet
  2. Sternberg Park Playground
    900 feet

Houses of worship

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

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 202 Graham Avenue Older adult center
    1,250 feet
  2. Williamsburg Community Center
    1,300 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Beyond Natural Market Supermarket
    1,050 feet
  2. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 31 places to eat and 16 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Manhattan Avenue or Montrose 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.