Morgan Avenue & Sharon Street

Morgan Avenue and Sharon Street meet at a four-way crossing in East Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Cooper Park is 50 feet away. The nearest subway, Grand St, is about nine minutes on foot, for the L. Within a five-minute walk are six public places and 14 places to eat. About 500 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. NYC Parks records 68 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Safety record
1 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Grand St
0.4 miles · 9 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
720 feet
Grand St/Morgan Av · Q54, Q59
Within a walk
6 places
1 day care or pre-K site, 1 dog run and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Morgan Avenue & Sharon Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Grand St, 0.4 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  1. Grand St L
    0.4 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
    0.5 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/Morgan Av, 720 feet away, for the Q54 and Q59.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Grand St/Morgan Av Q54, Q59
    720 feet
    Q54 Q59

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q54 …
  2. Q59 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 4 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 2 of them on-street corrals
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Devoe St & Morgan Ave 19 docks in all
    560 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, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1039 Grand Street Gas station
    1,000 feet
  2. 1074 Grand Street Charging for electric cars, four fast chargers
    1,060 feet

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2025.

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
15 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Trees

NYC Parks records 68 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 23 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2022 and January 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

West side of Morgan Avenue

  • No standing 7 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Sharon Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Sharon Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Six public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 dog run
  • 1 garden
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground
  • 1 religious building

Schools and child care

  1. Carrig Montessori Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,190 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Cooper Park
    50 feet
  2. Dog Run in Cooper Park Dog run
    160 feet
  3. Carnegie Playground
    690 feet
Show all 4
  1. Orient Grove Garden
    1,310 feet

Supermarkets

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 14 places to eat and three 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 corners on foot, five of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Morgan Avenue or Sharon 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, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.