Maspeth Avenue & Olive Street

Maspeth Avenue and Olive Street meet at a three-way junction in East Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Orient Grove is 740 feet away. The nearest subway, Graham Av, is about six minutes on foot, for the L. Within a five-minute walk are 16 public places, four of them religious buildings, and five places to eat. About 2,500 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
2 hurt
10 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Graham Av
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
330 feet
Kingsland Av/Maspeth Av · B24
Within a walk
16 places
4 religious buildings, 3 gardens and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Maspeth Avenue & Olive Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  1. Graham 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. Grand St L
    0.4 miles
    L

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Kingsland Av/Maspeth Av, 330 feet away, for the B24.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Kingsland Av/Maspeth Av B24
    330 feet
    B24

Next buses at this stop

  1. B24 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Sharon St & Olive St 24 docks in all
    300 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, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 65 Kingsland Avenue Gas station
    1,230 feet
  2. 1074 Grand Street Charging for electric cars, four fast chargers
    0.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Enhanced crossing, March 2015

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
26 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 2,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 46 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 69 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 26 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2024 and August 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

South side of Maspeth Avenue

  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 14 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Olive Street

  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Olive Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Sixteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 3 gardens
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 parks
  • 1 community center
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Carrig Montessori Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    60 feet
  2. Nysarc NYC - Francis of Paola School
    1,020 feet
  3. NYSARC Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,190 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Cooper Park
    40 feet
  2. Red Shed Community Garden
    350 feet
  3. Carnegie Playground
    430 feet
Show all 7
  1. Orient Grove Garden
    740 feet
  2. Memorial Gore Park
    1,010 feet
  3. Olive Street Garden
    1,020 feet
  4. Dog Run in Cooper Park Dog run
    1,060 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Bushwick War Memorial Monument or memorial
    1,040 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Francis of Paola Church House of worship
    970 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Cooper Park Community Center
    1,300 feet

Supermarkets

  1. City Fresh Market Supermarket
    1,140 feet
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    1,170 feet
  3. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Maspeth Avenue or Olive Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYCHA, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.