Morgan Avenue & Richardson Street

Morgan Avenue and Richardson Street meet at a four-way crossing in East Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Frost Playground is 650 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Kingsland Av/Richardson St, is 890 feet away for the B24, and three bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are three public places and two places to eat. About 900 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built in 1950, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
9 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Brooklyn-Queens Expressway
0.5 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
890 feet
Kingsland Av/Richardson St · B24
Within a walk
3 places
1 community center, 1 older adult center and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Morgan Avenue & Richardson Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Kingsland Av/Richardson St, 890 feet away, for the B24.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Kingsland Av/Richardson St B24
    890 feet
    B24

Next buses at this stop

  1. B24 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 7 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Morgan Ave & Lombardy St 30 docks in all
    840 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Varick Avenue, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 546 Morgan Avenue Gas station
    1,190 feet
  2. 444 Graham Avenue Charging for electric cars, 12 Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 1074 Grand Street Fast charging for electric cars
    0.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 9 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11222
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 1
City Council district
34
Police precinct
94
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East Williamsburg
Elevation
38 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up in 1950.

Trees

Six trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the 'Princeton' American elm.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 42 signs on these blocks
  • 12 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2014 and December 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Morgan Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM

West side of Morgan Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM

North side of Richardson Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 8AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-5PM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-5PM

South side of Richardson Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 8AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Three public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 community center
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 playground

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Frost Playground
    650 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 288 Frost Street Older adult center
    1,040 feet
  2. Cooper Park Community Center
    1,300 feet

Supermarkets

  1. City Fresh Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Met Foodmarkets Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    1,080 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are two places to eat and three 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 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Morgan Avenue or Richardson Street.

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, NYCHA, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.