Meeker Avenue & Metropolitan Avenue

Meeker Avenue and Metropolitan Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Annunciation Church is 360 feet away. The nearest subway, Metropolitan Av/Lorimer St, is about two minutes on foot, and five subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 22 public places, five of them schools, and 62 places to eat. About 2,300 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
1 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Metropolitan Av/Lorimer St
530 feet · 2 min on foot · G, L
Nearest bus stop
200 feet
Metropolitan Av/Rodney St · Q59
Within a walk
22 places
5 schools, 4 day care or pre-K sites and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Meeker Avenue & Metropolitan Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Metropolitan Av/Lorimer St, 530 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 5 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Metropolitan Av/Lorimer St G, L
    530 feet
    G L

Next trains at this station

Queens
1 line
  1. G …
Southbound
1 line
  1. G …
Manhattan
1 line
  1. L …
Outbound
1 line
  1. L …

Also within a walk

  1. Bedford Av L
    0.3 miles
    L
  2. Marcy Av J, M, Z
    0.5 miles
    J M Z

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Signs of Life” (2000) by Jackie Chang and “Personal Choice #5” (2023) by Chloë Bass at the Metropolitan Av/Lorimer St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Metropolitan Av/Rodney St, 200 feet away, for the Q59.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Metropolitan Av/Rodney St Q59
    200 feet
    Q59

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q59 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Meeker Avenue and Metropolitan Avenue.

  • 74 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. Metropolitan Ave & Meeker Ave 30 docks in all
    340 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway westbound at Marcy Avenue & Hope Street, 700 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 451 Lorimer Street Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 462 Keap Street Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    930 feet
  3. 260 South 4th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    0.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, August 2026

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11211
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 1
City Council district
33 and 34 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
90 and 94 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Williamsburg
Elevation
14 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • Posted limits from 25 to 30 mph
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 2,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 179 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 48 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2016 and November 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Meeker Avenue

  • Back-in parking only 4 signs BACK IN ANGLE PARKING ONLY
  • Electric vehicle charging only 2 signs ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING ONLY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Meeker Avenue

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

North side of Metropolitan Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY TUESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY 7:30AM-8AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Macri Triangle.

  1. Greenpoint World War II Memorial Stele, 1954
    440 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 22 public places.

  • 5 schools
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 4 parks
  • 4 religious buildings
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Brooklyn Preparatory High School
    810 feet
  2. Williamsburg High School for Architecture and Design School
    810 feet
  3. Williamsburg Preparatory School
    810 feet
Show all 9
  1. Amazing Explorers Williamsburg Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    960 feet
  2. City Kids Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,130 feet
  3. The Mount Carmel Early Childhood Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,190 feet
  4. Conselyea Preparatory School
    1,210 feet
  5. P.S. 017 Henry D. Woodworth School
    1,210 feet
  6. Kings Bay YM-YWHA Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Jaime Campiz Playground
    90 feet
  2. Macri Triangle
    250 feet
  3. Mt. Carmel Triangle
    760 feet
Show all 6
  1. Ascenzi Square
    990 feet
  2. Blue Playground
    1,270 feet
  3. Father Giorgio Triangle
    1,280 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. North 5th Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    410 feet

Health care

  1. EMS Station 35 Ambulance station
    1,050 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. City Reliquary Museum
    620 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Annunciation Church House of worship
    360 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 62 places to eat and eight food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 22 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Meeker Avenue or Metropolitan Avenue.

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