Scholes Street & Gardner Avenue
Scholes Street and Gardner Avenue meet at a three-way junction in East Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. The nearest bus stop, Metropolitan Av/Gardner Av, is 800 feet away for the Q54, and three bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are three places to eat.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Metropolitan Av/Gardner Av, 800 feet away, for the Q54.
- 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Metropolitan Av/Gardner Av Q54 · Shelter800 feetQ54
Next buses at this stop
- Q54 …
Cycling
- 2 bicycle racks within 820 feet, all of them on-street corrals
Nearest bike-share station
- Metropolitan Ave & Stewart Ave 20 docks in all1,290 feet
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Varick Avenue, 1.4 miles by car along the streets.
- 1176 Metropolitan Avenue Gas station0.4 miles
- 1074 Grand Street Charging for electric cars, four fast chargers0.5 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported one crash at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Nobody was hurt.
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
- 11 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 13 signs on these blocks
- 3 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2015 and February 2021, and the sign on the street decides.
East side of Gardner Avenue
- No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
North side of Scholes Street
- No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
South side of Scholes Street
- No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
Within a walk
How places are listedSupermarkets
- Western Beef Supermarket0.5 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are three places to eat and two food stores.
Not on record for this corner:
- A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
- A signal or safety change
- Homes within 820 feet
- A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet
- A listed public place within a five-minute walk
Nearby corners
The eight corners within a three-minute walk:
- Meserole Street & Gardner Avenue 260 feet
- Gardner Avenue & Stagg Street 260 feet
- Scholes Street & Scott Avenue 460 feet
- Gardner Avenue & Meadow Street 520 feet
- Meserole Street & Scott Avenue 720 feet
- Meserole Street & Stewart Avenue 720 feet
- Stewart Avenue & Stagg Street 720 feet
- Metropolitan Avenue & Gardner Avenue 780 feet
See every intersection along Gardner Avenue or Scholes Street.