Varick Avenue & Grattan Street

Varick Avenue and Grattan Street meet at a three-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. Maria Hernandez Park is 1,260 feet away. The nearest subway, Jefferson St, is about five minutes on foot, for the L. Within a five-minute walk are two public places and 16 places to eat. About 700 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built in 1931, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Jefferson St
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
390 feet
Flushing Av/Melrose St · B57
Within a walk
2 places
1 park and 1 religious building, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Varick Avenue & Grattan Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Jefferson St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  1. Jefferson St 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. Morgan Av L
    0.3 miles
    L

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Flushing Av/Melrose St, 390 feet away, for the B57.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Flushing Av/Melrose St B57
    390 feet
    B57

Next buses at this stop

  1. B57 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Grattan Street and Varick Avenue.

  • 28 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Irving Ave & Jefferson St 19 docks in all
    700 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, 1.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1119 Flushing Avenue Gas station
    480 feet
  2. 150 Noll Street Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 1074 Grand Street Fast charging for electric cars
    0.9 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 February 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
18 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 700 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.

Trees

Eleven trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 18 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2017 and September 2018, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Grattan Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-1PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

South side of Grattan Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

West side of Varick Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Two public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 park
  • 1 religious building

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Maria Hernandez Park
    1,260 feet

Supermarkets

  1. City Fresh Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 16 places to eat and ten 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 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Grattan Street or Varick 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, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.