Meeker Avenue & Graham Avenue at Brooklyn-Queens Expressway

Meeker Avenue, Graham Avenue and Brooklyn-Queens Expressway (Exit 33) meet at a six-way junction in East Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. A designated landmark, 19th Police Precinct Station House and Stable, stands 480 feet away. The nearest subway, Graham Av, is about seven minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, two of them parks, and 24 places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Graham Av
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
40 feet
Graham Av/Meeker Av · B43
Within a walk
9 places
2 parks, 2 schools and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Meeker Avenue & Graham Avenue at Brooklyn-Queens Expressway Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  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. Metropolitan Av/Lorimer St G, L
    0.5 miles
    G L
  2. Nassau Av G
    0.5 miles
    G

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Graham Av/Meeker Av, 40 feet away, for the B43.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Graham Av/Meeker Av B43
    40 feet
    B43

Next buses at this stop

  1. B43 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Graham Ave & Herbert St 26 docks in all
    100 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, 140 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 497 Meeker Avenue Gas station
    740 feet
  2. 444 Graham Avenue Charging for electric cars, 12 Level 2 chargers
    370 feet
  3. 1074 Grand Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1 mile

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported one crash at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, March 2020

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11222
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 1
City Council district
33 and 34 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
94
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East Williamsburg

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • Posted limits from 25 to 30 mph
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 1,900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 93 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 61 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 41 signs on these blocks
  • 12 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2016 and September 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Graham Avenue

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

West side of Graham Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Meeker Avenue

  • Back-in parking only 5 signs BACK IN ANGLE PARKING ONLY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Meeker Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Parallel parking only 5 signs PARALLEL PARKING ONLY

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Romanesque Revival, and built between 1891 and 1892.

  1. 19th Police Precinct Station House and Stable Designated landmark
    480 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 parks
  • 2 schools
  • 1 community center
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 garden
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. John Ericsson Middle School 126 School
    1,120 feet
  2. Northside Charter High School
    1,120 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Lentol Garden
    170 feet
  2. Ericsson Playground
    970 feet
  3. Badame Sessa Triangle
    1,070 feet
Show all 4
  1. McCarren Park
    1,230 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Cecilias Church House of worship
    1,100 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. School Settlement Association Community Center
    1,240 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 229/Ladder 146 Fire station
    1,230 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Met Foodmarkets Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. City Fresh Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 24 places to eat and 11 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 21 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, Graham Avenue or Meeker Avenue.

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