Sharon Street & Olive Street

Sharon Street and Olive Street meet at a five-way junction in East Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Cooper Park is 30 feet away. The nearest subway, Graham Av, is about six minutes on foot, for the L. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, four of them gardens, and nine places to eat. About 2,000 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Graham Av
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
610 feet
Kingsland Av/Maspeth Av · B24
Within a walk
13 places
4 gardens, 2 parks and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Sharon Street & Olive Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Graham Av, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  1. Graham Av L
    0.3 miles
    L

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Grand St L
    0.3 miles
    L

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Kingsland Av/Maspeth Av, 610 feet away, for the B24.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Kingsland Av/Maspeth Av B24
    610 feet
    B24

Next buses at this stop

  1. B24 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Sharon St & Olive St 24 docks in all
    10 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, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 65 Kingsland Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 1074 Grand Street Charging for electric cars, four fast chargers
    0.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported six crashes 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 April 2026.

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
27 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Three of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 2,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 46 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 93 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 45 signs on these blocks
  • 13 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2017 and August 2025; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Olive Street

  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Olive Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Orient Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Orient Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 gardens
  • 2 parks
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 dog run
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Carrig Montessori Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    340 feet
  2. Nysarc NYC - Francis of Paola School
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Cooper Park
    30 feet
  2. Orient Grove Garden
    450 feet
  3. Carnegie Playground
    460 feet
Show all 8
  1. Red Shed Community Garden
    630 feet
  2. Olive Street Garden
    730 feet
  3. Dog Run in Cooper Park Dog run
    780 feet
  4. Memorial Gore Park
    1,030 feet
  5. Powers Street Garden
    1,080 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Bushwick War Memorial Monument or memorial
    1,050 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Francis of Paola Church House of worship
    1,260 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    1,240 feet
  2. City Fresh Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are nine places to eat and seven 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 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Olive Street, Orient 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, NYCHA, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.