Porter Avenue & Grattan Street

Porter Avenue and Grattan Street meet at a four-way crossing in East Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Brooklyn corner. La Finca Community Garden is 990 feet away. The nearest subway, Morgan Av, is about four minutes on foot, for the L. Within a five-minute walk are four public places, two of them religious buildings, and 21 places to eat. About 800 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built in 1931, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
2 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Morgan Av
1,070 feet · 4 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
550 feet
Flushing Av/Knickerbocker Av · B57
Within a walk
4 places
2 religious buildings, 1 fire station and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Porter Avenue & Grattan Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Morgan Av, 1,070 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  1. Morgan Av L
    1,070 feet
    L

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Jefferson St L
    0.3 miles
    L

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Flushing Av/Knickerbocker Av, 550 feet away, for the B57.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Flushing Av/Knickerbocker Av B57
    550 feet
    B57

Next buses at this stop

  1. B57 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Grattan Street.

  • 37 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Harrison Pl & Porter Ave 20 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, 1.6 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 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
19 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 800 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 21 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the Callery pear and the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 29 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2017 and May 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Grattan Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-1PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

South side of Grattan Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

East side of Porter Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM

West side of Porter Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Four public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 garden

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. La Finca Community Garden
    990 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 237 Fire station
    1,050 feet

Supermarkets

  1. City Fresh Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 21 places to eat and nine 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 14 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Grattan Street or Porter 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.