Porter Avenue & Beadel Street
Porter Avenue and Beadel Street meet at a three-way junction in East Williamsburg, Brooklyn. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Sgt. William Dougherty Playground is 780 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Cherry St/Vandervoort Av, is 1,000 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 one place to eat. About 150 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1910 and 1920, almost all in houses of one or two.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Cherry St/Vandervoort Av, 1,000 feet away, for the B24.
- 2 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Cherry St/Vandervoort Av B241,000 feetB24
Next buses at this stop
- B24 …
Cycling
- 4 bicycle racks within 820 feet
Nearest bike-share station
- Morgan Ave & Lombardy St 30 docks in all1,230 feet
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Varick Avenue, 1,150 feet by car along the streets.
- 546 Morgan Avenue Gas station0.3 miles
- 1074 Grand Street Charging for electric cars, four fast chargers0.7 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedNo police-reported crashes between 2021 and 2025, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.
The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2015.
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
- 44 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- One of the streets is one-way
Homes
About 150 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 1910 and 1920.
Trees
NYC Parks records 26 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 10 signs on these blocks
- 3 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2015 and August 2021, and the sign on the street decides.
North side of Beadel Street
- No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
South side of Beadel Street
- No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
West side of Porter Avenue
- No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
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 Playground780 feet
Other stores
- Dollar Tree Store0.3 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there is one place to eat and one food store.
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 corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:
- Lombardy Street & Porter Avenue 260 feet
- Vandervoort Avenue & Beadel Street 450 feet
- Porter Avenue & Anthony Street 520 feet
- Porter Avenue & Cherry Street 660 feet
- Vandervoort Avenue & Division Place 680 feet
- Vandervoort Avenue & Lombardy Street 700 feet
- Varick Avenue & Lombardy Street 720 feet
- Morgan Avenue & Beadel Street 920 feet
See every intersection along Beadel Street or Porter Avenue.