Varick Avenue & Thames Street

Varick Avenue and Thames Street meet at a four-way crossing 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 1,000 feet away. The nearest subway, Jefferson St, is about four minutes on foot, for the L. Within a five-minute walk are five public places, two of them religious buildings, and 32 places to eat. About 1,100 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
1,100 feet · 4 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
130 feet
Flushing Av/Melrose St · B57
Within a walk
5 places
2 religious buildings, 1 dog run and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Varick Avenue & Thames Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Jefferson St, 1,100 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  1. Jefferson St L
    1,100 feet
    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, 130 feet away, for the B57.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B57 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Thames 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
    440 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
    220 feet
  2. 150 Noll Street Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    0.3 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 November 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
20 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,100 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 6 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 31 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 26 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2014 and August 2019, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Thames Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Thames Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

East side of Varick Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Varick Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 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 dog run
  • 1 garden
  • 1 park

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Maria Hernandez Park
    1,000 feet
  2. La Finca Community Garden
    1,070 feet
  3. Dog Run in Maria Hernandez Park Dog run
    1,280 feet

Supermarkets

  1. City Fresh Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 32 places to eat and 13 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 Thames 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 Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.