Meeker Avenue & Graham Avenue at Brooklyn-Queens Expressway

Meeker Avenue, Graham Avenue and Brooklyn-Queens Expressway meet at an eight-way junction in East Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 24 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Lentol Garden is 30 feet away, and Frost Street Plaza is 1,210 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 23 places to eat. A bike lane separated from traffic runs along Meeker Avenue.

Safety record
12 hurt
24 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Graham Av
0.4 miles · 7 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
30 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, 0.4 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Graham Av L
    0.4 miles
    L

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. L …
Outbound
1 line
  1. L …

Also within a walk

  1. Nassau Av G
    0.5 miles
    G
  2. Metropolitan Av/Lorimer St G, L
    0.5 miles
    G L

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Graham Av/Meeker Av, 30 feet away, for the B43.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B43 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Meeker Avenue.

  • 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
    240 feet

By car

A ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway westbound starts at this corner.

  1. 497 Meeker Avenue Gas station
    880 feet
  2. 444 Graham Avenue Charging for electric cars, 12 Level 2 chargers
    510 feet
  3. 260 South 4th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1 mile

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 24 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 12 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11222
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 1
City Council district
33
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
  • Three 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 124 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 75 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
    500 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 fire station
  • 1 garden
  • 1 pedestrian plaza
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

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

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Lentol Garden
    30 feet
  2. Ericsson Playground
    830 feet
  3. McCarren Park
    1,100 feet
Show all 4
  1. Badame Sessa Triangle
    1,170 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Frost Street Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,210 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Cecilias Church House of worship
    1,080 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 229/Ladder 146 Fire station
    1,090 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Met Foodmarkets Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 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 23 places to eat and ten food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 20 corners within a three-minute walk:

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

Sources: 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 Technology and Innovation, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.