Stewart Avenue & Cherry Street

Stewart Avenue and Cherry Street meet at a three-way junction in East Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Sgt. William Dougherty Playground is 1,270 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Meeker Av/Stewart Av, is 880 feet away for the B48, and two bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are one public place and one place to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Brooklyn-Queens Expressway
510 feet by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
880 feet
Meeker Av/Stewart Av · B48
Within a walk
1 place
1 playground, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Stewart Avenue & Cherry Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Meeker Av/Stewart Av, 880 feet away, for the B48.

  • 2 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Meeker Av/Stewart Av B48
    880 feet
    B48

Next buses at this stop

  1. B48 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Van Dam St & Meeker Ave 31 docks in all
    0.3 miles

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Varick Avenue, 510 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 546 Morgan Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 444 Graham Avenue Charging for electric cars, 12 Level 2 chargers
    0.9 miles
  3. 1074 Grand Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1 mile

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported three 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 November 2023.

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

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A posted limit of 30 mph

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 5 signs on these blocks
  • 2 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2018 and May 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Cherry Street

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Cherry Street

  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

One public place is within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 playground

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Sgt. William Dougherty Playground
    1,270 feet

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there is one place to eat.

Not on record for this corner:

  • A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
  • A bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet
  • A signal or safety change
  • Homes within 820 feet
  • A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Cherry Street or Stewart Avenue.

Sources: NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Parks, NYC Technology and Innovation, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.