Broadway & Furman Avenue

Broadway and Furman Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Ocean Hill, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Granite Street Community Garden is 420 feet away. The nearest subway, Bushwick Av-Aberdeen St, is about four minutes on foot, and five subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 20 public places, seven of them gardens, and seven places to eat. About 1,900 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
1 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Bushwick Av-Aberdeen St
1,040 feet · 4 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
160 feet
Broadway/Aberdeen St · B20, Q24
Within a walk
20 places
7 gardens, 7 religious buildings and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Broadway & Furman Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Bushwick Av-Aberdeen St, 1,040 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 5 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bushwick Av-Aberdeen St L
    1,040 feet
    L

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. L …
Outbound
1 line
  1. L …

Also within a walk

  1. Chauncey St J, Z
    1,260 feet
    J Z
  2. Broadway Junction A, C, J, L, Z
    0.3 miles
    A C J L Z

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Broadway/Aberdeen St, 160 feet away, for the B20 and Q24.

  • 13 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Broadway/Aberdeen St B20, Q24
    160 feet
    B20 Q24

Next buses at this stop

  1. B20 …
  2. Q24 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Broadway & Furman Ave 29 docks in all
    60 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1534 Bushwick Avenue Gas station
    890 feet
  2. 492 Thomas Boyland Street Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    1.2 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in August 2025.

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)
Ocean Hill
Elevation
86 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 114 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 81 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2018 and May 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Broadway

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 3AM-6AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Furman Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

South side of Furman Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Romanesque Revival, and built in 1895.

  1. Public School 73 Designated landmark
    800 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twenty public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Bushwick Ascend Middle School
    450 feet
  2. The Learning Experience Broadway-Brooklyn Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    460 feet
  3. Superior Day Care Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,000 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Thomas Boyland Park
    270 feet
  2. Granite Street Community Garden
    420 feet
  3. Infant Jesus Community Garden
    670 feet
Show all 9
  1. Betty's Community Garden at Hull Street Garden
    840 feet
  2. Rudd Playground
    950 feet
  3. Contented Hart Garden
    1,000 feet
  4. Aberdeen Street Community Garden
    1,060 feet
  5. Moffat Street Community Garden
    1,090 feet
  6. Moffat Garden
    1,240 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 233/Ladder 176 Fire station
    1,220 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Marketplace of Bushwick Supermarket
    600 feet

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    870 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are seven places to eat and ten food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Broadway or Furman 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, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.