Meeker Avenue & Vandervoort Avenue at Cherry Street
Meeker Avenue, Vandervoort Avenue and Cherry Street meet at a four-way crossing in East Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 38 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Sgt. William Dougherty Playground is 70 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Cherry St/Vandervoort Av, is 100 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 four places to eat.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Cherry St/Vandervoort Av, 100 feet away, for the B24.
- 2 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Cherry St/Vandervoort Av B24100 feetB24
Next buses at this stop
- B24 …
Cycling
- 7 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
- Van Dam St & Meeker Ave 31 docks in all680 feet
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Varick Avenue, 930 feet by car along the streets.
- 546 Morgan Avenue Gas station800 feet
- 444 Graham Avenue Charging for electric cars, 12 Level 2 chargers0.7 miles
- 1074 Grand Street Fast charging for electric cars0.7 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported 38 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.
- 16 people injured
- 0 people killed
- 1 of those hurt, on foot
The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.
What the city has done here
- Leading pedestrian interval, January 2021
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11222
- 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
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 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 1928.
Trees
NYC Parks records 55 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the 'Cardinal' crabapple.
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 December 2014 and February 2025, and the sign on the street decides.
South side of Cherry Street
- No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
South side of Meeker Avenue
- No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
East side of Vandervoort Avenue
- No standing 6 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 listedOne public place is within a five-minute walk.
- 1 playground
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Sgt. William Dougherty Playground70 feet
Supermarkets
- Met Foodmarkets Supermarket0.4 miles
Other stores
- Dollar Tree Store750 feet
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are four places to eat and five food stores.
Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.
Nearby corners
The eight nearest of the 15 corners within a three-minute walk:
- Cherry Street & Brooklyn-Queens Expressway 50 feet
- Meeker Avenue & Vandervoort Avenue at Apollo Street 160 feet
- Vandervoort Avenue & Anthony Street 180 feet
- Porter Avenue & Cherry Street 420 feet
- Meeker Avenue & Hausman Street 430 feet
- Vandervoort Avenue & Lombardy Street 440 feet
- Meeker Avenue & Van Dam Street 500 feet
- Meeker Avenue & Morgan Avenue 520 feet
See every intersection along Cherry Street, Meeker Avenue or Vandervoort Avenue.