Meeker Avenue & Vandervoort Avenue at Apollo Street

Meeker Avenue, Vandervoort Avenue and Apollo Street meet at a five-way junction in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 129 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. In 2026, 1,621 red-light camera tickets were recorded here through July 26. Sgt. William Dougherty Playground is 230 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Cherry St/Vandervoort Av, is 230 feet away for the B24, and two bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are one public place and six places to eat.

Safety record
79 hurt
129 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Brooklyn-Queens Expressway
1,090 feet by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
230 feet
Cherry St/Vandervoort Av · B24
Within a walk
1 place
1 playground, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Meeker Avenue & Vandervoort Avenue at Apollo Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Cherry St/Vandervoort Av, 230 feet away, for the B24.

  • 2 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Cherry St/Vandervoort Av B24
    230 feet
    B24

Next buses at this stop

  1. B24 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

  • 5 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 2 of them on-street corrals
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Van Dam St & Meeker Ave 31 docks in all
    520 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Varick Avenue, 1,090 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 546 Morgan Avenue Gas station
    780 feet
  2. 444 Graham Avenue Charging for electric cars, 12 Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 1074 Grand Street Fast charging for electric cars
    0.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 129 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 78 people injured
  • 1 person killed
  • 4 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2026 so far, through July 26, 1,621 red-light camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner.

Every corner with red-light camera tickets

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)
Greenpoint
Elevation
44 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1901 and 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 70 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the littleleaf linden.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 29 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2014 and August 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Apollo Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

West side of Apollo Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

North side of Meeker Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No stopping 1 sign NO STOPPING ANYTIME

South side of Meeker Avenue

  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Vandervoort Avenue

  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Vandervoort Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 6 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

One public place is within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 playground

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Sgt. William Dougherty Playground
    230 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Met Foodmarkets Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    910 feet

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 16 corners within a three-minute walk:

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

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