Meeker Avenue & Humboldt Street at Brooklyn-Queens Expressway

Meeker Avenue, Humboldt Street and Brooklyn-Queens Expressway meet at a five-way junction in East Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 83 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. St Cecilias Church is 670 feet away. The nearest subway, Graham Av, is about nine minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, two of them parks, and 27 places to eat. A bike lane separated from traffic runs along one of the streets meeting here.

Safety record
33 hurt
83 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Graham Av
0.4 miles · 9 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
440 feet
Graham Av/Meeker Av · B43
Within a walk
7 places
2 parks, 2 religious buildings and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Meeker Avenue & Humboldt Street 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 nine 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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Graham Av/Meeker Av, 440 feet away, for the B43.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B43 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Humboldt Street and Meeker Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Graham Ave & Herbert St 26 docks in all
    490 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, 410 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 497 Meeker Avenue Gas station
    220 feet
  2. 444 Graham Avenue Charging for electric cars, 12 Level 2 chargers
    920 feet
  3. 1074 Grand Street Fast charging for electric cars
    0.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 83 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 33 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 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
Elevation
25 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four 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 34 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 83 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the eastern redcedar.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 20 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

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

East side of Humboldt Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Humboldt Street

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Meeker Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 3 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
    210 feet

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 parks
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 dog run
  • 1 garden
  • 1 playground

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Lentol Garden
    110 feet
  2. Fidelity Triangle
    940 feet
  3. Msgr. McGolrick Park
    1,190 feet
Show all 5
  1. Ericsson Playground
    1,220 feet
  2. McGolrick Park Dog Run in Msgr. McGolrick Park Dog run
    1,310 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Cecilias Church House of worship
    670 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Met Foodmarkets Supermarket
    1,220 feet
  2. City Fresh Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 27 places to eat and eight food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 24 corners within a three-minute walk:

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

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, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.