Bushwick (West)

Neighborhood · Brooklyn

The western part of Bushwick sits between Williamsburg and Bedford-Stuyvesant, reaching northeast to the Queens line at Ridgewood.

  • 0.83 square miles
  • 58,692 residents, 2020 Census
  • 180 street corners
  • 7 subway stations
  • 16 bus routes

Bushwick began as Boswijck, a Dutch settlement chartered in 1661 whose name refers to its woods, and it joined the City of Brooklyn in 1854. German immigrants became the dominant population in the 1840s and 1850s, and by the late 1800s at least eleven breweries operated within a 14-block area. Today dozens of art studios and galleries are spread across Bushwick, and the area is home to Maria Hernandez Park, bought in the early 1890s and landscaped by 1896.

Sources: Bushwick, Brooklyn (Wikipedia); Maria Hernandez Park (NYC Parks).

Map

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Bushwick (West) borders four areas, and Myrtle Avenue holds more of its corners than any other street, 19 of 183.

Street map of Bushwick (West), Brooklyn, outlined among Bushwick (East), East Williamsburg, Bedford-Stuyvesant (East) and Ridgewood, with its seven subway stations and Maria Hernandez Park.RidgewoodBushwick (East)Bedford-Stuyvesant (East)East Williamsburg
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  • Park
  • A station in the list
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Neighborhood areas and streets: NYC Department of City Planning. Parks: NYC Parks. Stations: MTA.

Neighboring areas

Subway stations

  • Jefferson St lines L
  • DeKalb Av lines L
  • Flushing Av lines J M accessible
  • Knickerbocker Av lines M
  • Central Av lines M
  • Myrtle Av lines J M Z
  • Kosciuszko St lines J

Getting around

Seven subway stations and buses on 16 routes stop in or at the edge of Bushwick (West).

  • 7 subway stations
  • 1 of them listed by the MTA as fully accessible
  • 16 local bus routes

Local bus routes

  • B13
  • B15
  • B38
  • B43
  • B46
  • B47
  • B54
  • B57
  • B60
  • L90
  • M90
  • Q24
  • T410
  • T430
  • T432
  • T433

Safety record

Between 2021 and 2025, its corners averaged more police-reported crashes than the average Brooklyn corner.

  • 3,558 police-reported crashes at its corners
  • 19.4 a corner, on average
  • 10.5 the average Brooklyn corner
  • 2 corners with a clean record

Signal or safety changes on City record, at 45 of its corners

Leading pedestrian intervals
24
Accessible pedestrian signals
17
Turn calming
10
Safety Improvement Projects
3
Barnes Dance all-way crossings
2

Camera tickets

In 2025 its corners had more school-zone speed camera tickets than red-light or bus-lane tickets.

  • 0 red-light camera tickets
  • 2,402 school-zone speed camera tickets at nine corners
  • 0 bus-lane camera tickets
Most speed tickets
Flushing Avenue & Johnson Avenue, 631

People and homes

The 2020 Census counted 58,692 residents in Bushwick (West), about 70,700 per square mile.

  • 23,507 homes, 2020 Census
  • 5,917 homes added since April 2010, net, by City Planning's count

Half of its 4,122 residential lots hold buildings from 1931 or earlier, and 77% of them date from before 1940, by the City's tax lot records.

Parks and landmarks

Parkland
12.1 acres of NYC Parks property
The largest pieces
Maria Hernandez Park (6.7 acres), Green Central Knoll (2.7 acres) and Fermi Playground (1.1 acres)
Designated landmarks
The William Ulmer Brewery: Engine and Machine House, the William Ulmer Brewery: Main Brewhouse and Addition, the William Ulmer Brewery: Office Building and 20th Precinct Police Station House and Stable, among others

Streets and trees

Trees
3,949 in NYC Parks' records, most often thornless honeylocust, Japanese zelkova and pin oak
Street with the most corners
Myrtle Avenue, with 19 of the area's 183
Height above sea level
From 14 feet at Flushing Avenue & Wyckoff Avenue to 73 feet at Cypress Avenue & Dekalb Avenue
Honorary street names
3 at its corners, enacted by local law

Schools and libraries

The City lists 18 schools and one library in Bushwick (West).

Public schools
13
Charter and private schools
5
Library
Dekalb Library

Bike share and public art

By the station list of October 3, 2026, 30 bike-share stations stand in Bushwick (West). The City's public art inventory lists one work in the area: Bushwick-Ridgewood Memorial (1921).

  • 30 bike-share stations
  • 1 work of public art

Public safety

How complaints are counted

In 2025 the NYPD recorded 805 major felonies at places in Bushwick (West).

Recorded by the NYPD at places in Bushwick (West)

  • 779 major felonies in 2024
  • 2,616 other felonies, misdemeanors and violations in 2025

In 2025, on the streets along the edge of Bushwick (West), the NYPD recorded another 267 major felonies. Counting the streets along its edge, in 2025 the NYPD recorded 18.3 major felonies for every thousand residents the 2020 Census counted in Bushwick (West).

Police precinct
83rd
Major felonies recorded at places in Bushwick (West), 2021 to 2025

From January to June 2026 the NYPD recorded 429 major felonies at places in Bushwick (West), against 331 in the same months of 2025.

Sources: the NYPD's Complaint Data Historic, updated April 28, 2026, and Complaint Data Current (Year To Date), updated July 27, 2026, on NYC Open Data. Figures to June 30, 2026.

Street corners

How the figures above are measured: Methodology.