Broadway & Flushing Avenue

Broadway and Flushing Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in East Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 88 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Ohel Chaya is 510 feet away. The nearest subway, Flushing Av, is about a minute on foot, and four subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 25 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 43 places to eat. About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
48 hurt
88 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Flushing Av
40 feet · 1 min on foot · J, M
Nearest bus stop
40 feet
Flushing Av/Broadway · B43, B57
Within a walk
25 places
7 religious buildings, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 10 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Broadway & Flushing Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Flushing Av, 40 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Flushing Av J, M
    40 feet
    J M

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Lorimer St J, M
    0.3 miles
    J M
  2. Myrtle Av J, M, Z
    0.4 miles
    J M Z

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Migration” (2006) by Robin Holder at the Flushing Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Flushing Av/Broadway, 40 feet away, for the B43 and B57.

  • 14 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Flushing Av/Broadway B43, B57
    40 feet
    B43 B57

Next buses at this stop

  1. B43 …
  2. B57 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Broadway & Whipple St 27 docks in all
    650 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Borinquen Place, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 212 Harrison Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 7 Marcus Garvey Boulevard Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    390 feet
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    0.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 88 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 47 people injured
  • 1 person killed
  • 16 of those hurt, on foot
  • 12 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, February 2016
  • Turn calming, December 2019

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11206
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 1
City Council district
33 and 34 and 36 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
79 and 81 and 83 and 90 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East Williamsburg
Elevation
24 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 88 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 21 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the thornless honeylocust and the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 32 signs on these blocks
  • 13 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2017 and September 2022; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Broadway

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Broadway

  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Broadway

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY NOON-7PM SATURDAY 8AM-7PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-NOON

North side of Flushing Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 2AM-5AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Flushing Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 2AM-5AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 25 public places.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 3 schools
  • 2 gardens
  • 7 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Boricua College - Brooklyn College
    320 feet
  2. Ohel Chaya School
    510 feet
  3. Congregation Luminous Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    620 feet
Show all 7
  1. Luminous Bushwick Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    620 feet
  2. P.S. 257 John F. Hylan School
    1,010 feet
  3. Brooklyn Kindergarten Society Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,030 feet
  4. Uta 110 School
    1,220 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Bushwick Playground
    660 feet
  2. Garden Playground
    910 feet
  3. Love Garden - Sumner Houses (NYCHA) Garden
    990 feet
Show all 5
  1. Bushwick Garden - Bushwick Houses (NYCHA) Garden
    1,120 feet
  2. Bartlett Playground
    1,190 feet

Health care

  1. Woodhull Medical & Mental Health Center Hospital
    550 feet
  2. EMS Station 57 Ambulance station
    570 feet

Houses of worship

  1. All Saints RC Church House of worship
    710 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Metropolitan Post Office Listed historic place
    620 feet
  2. Bushwick Pool Swimming pool
    990 feet
  3. Sumner Community Center
    1,230 feet
Show all 4
  1. Older adult center at 862 Park Avenue Older adult center
    1,230 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    270 feet
  2. TD Bank Bank branch
    360 feet
  3. Citibank Bank branch
    920 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Green Corner Fish & Farmers Market Supermarket
    360 feet
  2. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    1,090 feet
  3. Bravo Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    60 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 43 places to eat and 20 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 19 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Broadway or Flushing Avenue.

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, NYCHA, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.