Stanley Avenue & Williams Avenue

Stanley Avenue and Williams Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Canarsie, Brooklyn, at the edge of NYCHA's Breukelen development. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Breukelen Playground is 440 feet away. The nearest subway, New Lots Av, is about ten minutes on foot, for the L. Within a five-minute walk are five public places, two of them religious buildings, and one place to eat. About 600 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built in 1950, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
11 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
New Lots Av
0.5 miles · 10 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
90 feet
Stanley Av/Williams Av · B60
Within a walk
5 places
2 religious buildings, 1 park and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Stanley Avenue & Williams Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is New Lots Av, 0.5 miles from this corner, about ten minutes on foot.

  1. New Lots Av L
    0.5 miles
    L

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. L …
Canarsie
1 line
  1. L …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “16 Windows” (2007) by Eugenie Tung at the New Lots Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Stanley Av/Williams Av, 90 feet away, for the B60.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Stanley Av/Williams Av B60
    90 feet
    B60

Next buses at this stop

  1. B60 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Stanley Avenue and Williams Avenue.

  • 8 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Hinsdale St & Linden Blvd 12 docks in all
    0.3 miles

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Pennsylvania Avenue, 1.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1868 Linden Boulevard Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 1235 Linden Boulevard Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    1.2 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    1.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 10 people injured
  • 1 person killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11207
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 5
City Council district
42
Police precinct
69 and 75 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Canarsie
Elevation
12 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up in 1950.

The corner stands at the edge of NYCHA's Breukelen development.

Since 2014 at least 8 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 39 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the London planetree and the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 56 signs on these blocks
  • 12 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2015 and December 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Stanley Avenue

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

South side of Stanley Avenue

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

East side of Williams Avenue

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCKS LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-3PM

West side of Williams Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 4 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-7PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Five public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. The Fresh Creek School
    570 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Breukelen Ballfields Park
    290 feet
  2. Breukelen Playground
    440 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there is one place to eat and two 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 corners within a three-minute walk:

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