Broadway & Chauncey Street

Broadway and Chauncey Street meet at a four-way crossing in Bushwick (East), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 21 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. The Engine 233/Ladder 176 firehouse is 440 feet away, and Bushwick Ascend Middle School is 1,230 feet away. The nearest subway, Chauncey St, is about two minutes on foot, and five subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 23 public places, ten of them religious buildings, and 11 places to eat.

Safety record
15 hurt
21 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Chauncey St
480 feet · 2 min on foot · J, Z
Nearest bus stop
100 feet
Broadway/Chauncey St · B20, Q24
Within a walk
23 places
10 religious buildings, 7 gardens and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Broadway & Chauncey Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Chauncey St, 480 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 5 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Chauncey St J, Z
    480 feet
    J Z

Next trains at this station

Outbound
2 lines
  1. J …
  2. Z …
Manhattan
2 lines
  1. J …
  2. Z …

Also within a walk

  1. Bushwick Av-Aberdeen St L
    0.3 miles
    L
  2. Rockaway Av C
    0.4 miles
    C

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “El Views” (2002) by Maria Dominguez at the Chauncey St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Broadway/Chauncey St, 100 feet away, for the B20 and Q24.

  • 12 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Broadway/Chauncey St B20, Q24
    100 feet
    B20 Q24

Next buses at this stop

  1. B20 …
  2. Q24 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 15 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Rockaway Ave & Bainbridge St 25 docks in all
    600 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1534 Bushwick Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 824 Lexington Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    1 mile
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 21 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 15 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 4 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, June 2020
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, September 2023

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11207
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 4
City Council district
37
Police precinct
73 and 83 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bushwick (East)
Elevation
76 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 97 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 45 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 41 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules
  • 4 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2016 and September 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Broadway

  • Metered parking 5 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 3AM-6AM

West side of Broadway

  • Metered parking 5 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 3AM-6AM

North side of Chauncey Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of Chauncey Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING FIRE ZONE

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 335382 and 335537.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and two buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission. They were built in 1895.

  1. Public School 73 Designated landmark
    730 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 23 public places.

  • 10 religious buildings
  • 7 gardens
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 park
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Superior Day Care Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    220 feet
  2. Bushwick Ascend Middle School
    1,230 feet
  3. The Learning Experience Broadway-Brooklyn Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,240 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Moffat Street Community Garden
    310 feet
  2. Moffat Garden
    460 feet
  3. Thomas Boyland Park
    560 feet
Show all 9
  1. Marion Hopkinson Playground
    710 feet
  2. Cooper Street Community Garden
    770 feet
  3. Granite Street Community Garden
    910 feet
  4. Cooper Street Block Buster Community Garden
    1,050 feet
  5. Contented Hart Garden
    1,100 feet
  6. Betty's Community Garden at Hull Street Garden
    1,230 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Thomas Episcopal Church House of worship
    1,060 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 233/Ladder 176 Fire station
    440 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Marketplace of Bushwick Supermarket
    240 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    950 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 11 places to eat and 16 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Broadway or Chauncey Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.