Meeker Avenue & Skillman Avenue

Meeker Avenue and Skillman Avenue meet at a three-way junction in East Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Macri Triangle is 220 feet away. The nearest subway, Metropolitan Av/Lorimer St, is about two minutes on foot, for the G and L. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, four of them parks, and 61 places to eat. About 2,500 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
1 hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Metropolitan Av/Lorimer St
540 feet · 2 min on foot · G, L
Nearest bus stop
440 feet
Union Av/Metropolitan Av · T403, T422
Within a walk
13 places
4 parks, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Meeker Avenue & Skillman Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Metropolitan Av/Lorimer St, 540 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Metropolitan Av/Lorimer St G, L
    540 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
    0.4 miles
    L
  2. Graham Av L
    0.5 miles
    L

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 Union Av/Metropolitan Av, 440 feet away, for the T403 and T422.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Union Av/Metropolitan Av T403, T422
    440 feet
    T403 T422

Next buses at this stop

  1. T403 …
  2. T422 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 48 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Metropolitan Ave & Meeker Ave 30 docks in all
    520 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, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 112 Richardson Street Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 395 Leonard Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 260 South 4th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    0.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 0 people injured
  • 1 person killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2021.

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
94
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East Williamsburg
Elevation
12 feet above sea level

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

Since 2014 at least 32 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 55 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the London planetree and the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 16 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2016 and October 2017, and the sign on the street decides.

South side of Meeker Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

North side of Skillman Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Skillman Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

The City's public art inventory lists two works near this corner, the nearest in Macri Triangle.

  1. Greenpoint World War II Memorial Stele, 1954
    400 feet
  2. Father Giorgio Memorial Stele by A.S. Cianfarani, 1954
    570 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 parks
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 pedestrian plazas
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. City Kids Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    370 feet
  2. The Mount Carmel Early Childhood Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    800 feet
  3. Learning Steps Day Care Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,100 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Macri Triangle
    220 feet
  2. Mt. Carmel Triangle
    380 feet
  3. Father Giorgio Triangle
    520 feet
Show all 5
  1. Jaime Campiz Playground
    850 feet
  2. Badame Sessa Triangle
    1,000 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. North 10th & Union Avenue Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,030 feet
  2. Frost Street Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,140 feet
  3. North 5th Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,180 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Annunciation Church House of worship
    1,120 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 61 places to eat and ten food stores.

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

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, 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.