Thames Street & Vandervoort Place

Thames Street and Vandervoort Place 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. Gilbert Ramirez Park is 1,280 feet away. The nearest subway, Morgan Av, is about three minutes on foot, for the L. Within a five-minute walk are five public places, two of them religious buildings, and 46 places to eat. About 800 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built in 1931, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Morgan Av
750 feet · 3 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
290 feet
Morgan Av/Thames St · B60
Within a walk
5 places
2 religious buildings, 1 fire station and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Thames Street & Vandervoort Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Morgan Av, 750 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  1. Morgan Av L
    750 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
    0.4 miles
    L

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Morgan Av/Thames St, 290 feet away, for the B60.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Morgan Av/Thames St B60
    290 feet
    B60

Next buses at this stop

  1. B60 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Knickerbocker Ave & Thames St 20 docks in all
    310 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
    0.3 miles
  2. 150 Noll Street Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    1,110 feet
  3. 1074 Grand Street Fast charging for electric cars
    0.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 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 May 2025.

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
25 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are 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.

Since 2014 at least 30 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 37 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the goldenrain tree and the swamp white oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2017 and October 2022, and the sign on the street decides.

South side of Thames Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 5AM-5PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

East side of Vandervoort Place

  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Vandervoort Place

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

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Five public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 garden
  • 1 park

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. La Finca Community Garden
    520 feet
  2. Gilbert Ramirez Park
    1,280 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 237 Fire station
    460 feet

Supermarkets

  1. City Fresh Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 46 places to eat and 16 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 Thames Street or Vandervoort Place.

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, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.