Metropolitan Avenue & Olive Street

Metropolitan Avenue and Olive Street meet at a four-way crossing in East Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 12 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Orient Grove is 410 feet away. The nearest subway, Grand St, is about five minutes on foot, for the L. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places, four of them gardens, and 16 places to eat. About 2,400 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
5 hurt
12 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Grand St
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
810 feet
Grand St/Waterbury St · Q54, Q59
Within a walk
15 places
4 gardens, 4 schools and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Metropolitan Avenue & Olive Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Grand St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  1. Grand St L
    0.3 miles
    L

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. L …
Outbound
1 line
  1. L …

Also within a walk

  1. Graham Av L
    0.3 miles
    L

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Gratitudes off Grand” (2023) by Glendalys Medina at the Grand St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Grand St/Waterbury St, 810 feet away, for the Q54 and Q59.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Grand St/Waterbury St Q54, Q59
    810 feet
    Q54 Q59

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q54 …
  2. Q59 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Sharon St & Olive St 24 docks in all
    280 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, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1039 Grand Street Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 1074 Grand Street Charging for electric cars, four fast chargers
    0.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 12 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, July 2017
  • Turn calming, September 2024

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11211
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 1
City Council district
34
Police precinct
90
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East Williamsburg
Elevation
27 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 2,400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 46 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 64 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese pagoda tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2018 and April 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Metropolitan Avenue

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 12 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 9AM-5PM

South side of Metropolitan Avenue

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 10:30AM-11:30AM
  • No standing 9 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 4PM-7PM

East side of Olive Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Olive Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 gardens
  • 4 schools
  • 2 parks
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 dog run
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Carrig Montessori Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    610 feet
  2. East Williamsburg Scholars Academy School
    1,280 feet
  3. Progress High School for Professional Careers School
    1,280 feet
Show all 5
  1. The High School for Enterprise, Business and Technology School
    1,280 feet
  2. Nysarc NYC - Francis of Paola School
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Cooper Park
    300 feet
  2. Orient Grove Garden
    410 feet
  3. Olive Street Garden
    470 feet
Show all 8
  1. Carnegie Playground
    730 feet
  2. Powers Street Garden
    810 feet
  3. Dog Run in Cooper Park Dog run
    860 feet
  4. Red Shed Community Garden
    900 feet
  5. Memorial Gore Park
    980 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Bushwick War Memorial Monument or memorial
    990 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Francis of Paola Church House of worship
    1,250 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    1,190 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. City Fresh Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 16 places to eat and nine food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Metropolitan Avenue or Olive Street.

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