Varick Avenue & Randolph Street

Varick Avenue and Randolph Street meet at a three-way junction in East Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 16 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. The nearest subway, Jefferson St, is about seven minutes on foot, for the L. Within a five-minute walk are three places to eat. About 60 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built in 1931, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
12 hurt
16 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Jefferson St
0.4 miles · 7 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
0.3 miles
Flushing Av/Melrose St · B57
Within a walk
About 60 homes
within 820 feet of this corner

Map

Layers
Varick Avenue & Randolph Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Jefferson St, 0.4 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  1. Jefferson St L
    0.4 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
    0.4 miles
    L

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Flushing Av/Melrose St, 0.3 miles away, for the B57.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Flushing Av/Melrose St B57
    0.3 miles
    B57

Next buses at this stop

  1. B57 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 3 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Stewart Ave & Johnson Ave 17 docks in all
    690 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Varick Avenue, 1.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1119 Flushing Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 14 Harrison Place Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 1074 Grand Street Fast charging for electric cars
    0.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 16 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 12 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 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
11 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 60 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 1931.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2015 and January 2019, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Randolph Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM

South side of Randolph Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 5AM-6PM

East side of Varick Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Within a walk

How places are listed

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are three places to eat and two food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change, a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet and a listed public place within a five-minute walk.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Randolph Street or Varick Avenue.

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, NYS Agriculture and Markets and NYC Health, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.