Manhattan Avenue & Powers Street

Manhattan Avenue and Powers 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. Williamsburg Houses stands 680 feet away, and Martinez Playground is 1,090 feet away. The nearest subway, Graham Av, is about five minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 17 public places, six of them religious buildings, and 50 places to eat. About 2,400 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
3 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Graham Av
1,250 feet · 5 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
580 feet
Grand St/Graham Av · Q54, Q59
Within a walk
17 places
6 religious buildings, 5 schools and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Manhattan Avenue & Powers Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Graham Av, 1,250 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Graham Av L
    1,250 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
    0.3 miles
    G L
  2. Grand St L
    0.3 miles
    L

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Grand St/Graham Av, 580 feet away, for the Q54 and Q59.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Grand St/Graham Av Q54, Q59
    580 feet
    Q54 Q59

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q54 …
  2. Q59 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Manhattan Avenue.

  • 81 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 3 of them on-street corrals
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Manhattan Ave & Devoe St 24 docks in all
    500 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, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 451 Lorimer Street Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 462 Keap Street Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 260 South 4th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    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.

  • 3 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 August 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11211
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 2,400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 131 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 68 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 29 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2022 and September 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Manhattan Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

West side of Manhattan Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

North side of Powers Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of Powers Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 338768.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and four buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Modern. They were built between 1935 and 1938.

  1. Williamsburg Houses Designated landmark
    680 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seventeen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 5 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 library
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. St. Nicks Alliance Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    370 feet
  2. P.S. 018 Edward Bush School
    890 feet
  3. P.S. 132 the Conselyea School
    1,060 feet
Show all 7
  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 United Housing Dev Fund/ Bushwick United Hs/ Early Learn Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,200 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Martinez Playground
    1,090 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Moslem Mosque Listed historic place
    360 feet
  2. Leonard Library
    1,100 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St John Evangelist Lutheran Church Listed historic place
    1,180 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 211 Ainslie Street Older adult center
    370 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    820 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    500 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    1,220 feet
  3. Bravo Supermarket
    1,320 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 50 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 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Manhattan Avenue or Powers 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, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.