Morgan Avenue & Grattan Street

Morgan Avenue and Grattan 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. The Engine 237 firehouse is 130 feet away. The nearest subway, Morgan Av, is about a minute on foot, for the L. Within a five-minute walk are five public places and 38 places to eat. About 600 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built in 1931, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
3 hurt
12 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Morgan Av
250 feet · 1 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
160 feet
Morgan Av/Harrison Pl · B60, L90
Within a walk
5 places
1 fire station, 1 garden and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Morgan Avenue & Grattan Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Morgan Av, 250 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  1. Morgan Av L
    250 feet
    L

Next trains at this station

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Morgan Av/Harrison Pl, 160 feet away, for the B60 and L90.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Morgan Av/Harrison Pl B60, L90
    160 feet
    B60 L90

Next buses at this stop

  1. B60 …
  2. L90 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Grattan Street and Morgan Avenue.

  • 65 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 5 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Knickerbocker Ave & Thames St 20 docks in all
    640 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, 1.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1119 Flushing Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 150 Noll Street Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    1,150 feet
  3. 1074 Grand Street Fast charging for electric cars
    0.7 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.

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11237
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 1
City Council district
34
Police precinct
90
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East Williamsburg
Elevation
23 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up in 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 37 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2014 and March 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Grattan Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

South side of Grattan Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM

East side of Morgan Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Morgan Avenue

  • Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AVO FIRE DEPARTMENT
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Five public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 fire station
  • 1 garden
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground
  • 1 religious building

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Gilbert Ramirez Park
    770 feet
  2. La Finca Community Garden
    1,020 feet
  3. Gilbert Ramirez Park Playground
    1,070 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 237 Fire station
    130 feet

Supermarkets

  1. City Fresh Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 38 places to eat and 13 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 15 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Grattan Street or Morgan Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, 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.