Manhattan Avenue & Varet Street

Manhattan Avenue and Varet Street meet at a three-way junction in East Williamsburg, Brooklyn, at the edge of NYCHA's Borinquen Plaza I development. Between 2021 and 2025, 28 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. P.S. 257 John F. Hylan is 870 feet away. The nearest subway, Lorimer St, is about four minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 18 public places, six of them religious buildings, and 34 places to eat.

Safety record
6 hurt
28 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Lorimer St
920 feet · 4 min on foot · J, M
Nearest bus stop
420 feet
Broadway/Cook St · B46
Within a walk
18 places
6 religious buildings, 4 gardens and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Manhattan Avenue & Varet Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Lorimer St, 920 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Lorimer St J, M
    920 feet
    J M

Next trains at this station

Outbound
2 lines
  1. J …
  2. M …
Manhattan
2 lines
  1. J …
  2. M …

Also within a walk

  1. Flushing Av J, M
    1,110 feet
    J M
  2. Broadway G
    0.4 miles
    G

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Roundlet Series” (2002) by Annette Davidek at the Lorimer St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Broadway/Cook St, 420 feet away, for the B46.

  • 12 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Broadway/Cook St B46
    420 feet
    B46

Next buses at this stop

  1. B46 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Manhattan Avenue.

  • 73 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Broadway & Whipple St 27 docks in all
    480 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Borinquen Place, 1 mile by car along the streets.

  1. 212 Harrison Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 7 Marcus Garvey Boulevard Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    0.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 28 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 6 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 4 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
15 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1971 and 2009.

The corner stands at the edge of NYCHA's Borinquen Plaza I development.

Since 2014 at least 178 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 39 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the northern red oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 16 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2016 and May 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Manhattan Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

North side of Varet Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Varet Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 308560 and 337162.

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Neoclassical, and built between 1921 and 1923.

  1. Williamsburg Branch, Public National Bank of New York Building Designated landmark
    390 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eighteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 4 gardens
  • 2 schools
  • 1 college
  • 1 community center
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 257 John F. Hylan School
    870 feet
  2. Boricua College - Brooklyn College
    890 feet
  3. Uta 110 School
    960 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Bushwick Garden - Bushwick Houses (NYCHA) Garden
    680 feet
  2. Sunshine Community Garden
    940 feet
  3. Nos Cuidamos Community Garden
    980 feet
Show all 5
  1. Bartlett Playground
    990 feet
  2. George Washington Carver Community Garden
    1,310 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Humboldt Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,110 feet

Houses of worship

  1. All Saints RC Church House of worship
    760 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 80 Seigel Street Older adult center
    680 feet
  2. Bushwick/Hylan Community Center
    1,060 feet
  3. Metropolitan Post Office Listed historic place
    1,100 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    480 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    500 feet
  3. TD Bank Bank branch
    980 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    20 feet
  2. Bravo Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Green Corner Fish & Farmers Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    1,140 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 34 places to eat and 19 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 17 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Manhattan Avenue or Varet 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, NYCHA, 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.