Broadway & Granite Street

Broadway and Granite Street meet at a four-way crossing in Ocean Hill, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Thomas Boyland Park is 40 feet away. The nearest subway, Chauncey St, is about four minutes on foot, and five subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 24 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and ten places to eat. About 2,000 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
7 hurt
11 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Chauncey St
1,000 feet · 4 min on foot · J, Z
Nearest bus stop
60 feet
Broadway/Granite St · B20, Q24
Within a walk
24 places
8 religious buildings, 7 gardens and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Broadway & Granite Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Chauncey St, 1,000 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 5 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Chauncey St J, Z
    1,000 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
    1,300 feet
    L
  2. Broadway Junction A, C, J, L, Z
    0.4 miles
    A C J L Z

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/Granite St, 60 feet away, for the B20 and Q24.

  • 14 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Broadway/Granite St B20, Q24
    60 feet
    B20 Q24

Next buses at this stop

  1. B20 …
  2. Q24 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 13 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
    320 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1534 Bushwick Avenue Gas station
    1,150 feet
  2. 824 Lexington Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    1.1 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 11 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 7 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 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
83 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 109 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 54 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 15 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2014 and August 2020, 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 Granite Street

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

South side of Granite Street

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

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and three buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Romanesque Revival. They were built between 1888 and 1895.

  1. Public School 73 Designated landmark
    710 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 24 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Bushwick Ascend Middle School
    710 feet
  2. The Learning Experience Broadway-Brooklyn Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    720 feet
  3. Superior Day Care Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    740 feet
Show all 5
  1. Brooklyn Environmental Exploration School (Bees) School
    1,120 feet
  2. Brooklyn Landmark Elementary School
    1,120 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Thomas Boyland Park
    40 feet
  2. Granite Street Community Garden
    390 feet
  3. Contented Hart Garden
    740 feet
Show all 10
  1. Moffat Street Community Garden
    830 feet
  2. Infant Jesus Community Garden
    930 feet
  3. Betty's Community Garden at Hull Street Garden
    940 feet
  4. Moffat Garden
    980 feet
  5. Rudd Playground
    1,210 feet
  6. Marion Hopkinson Playground
    1,230 feet
  7. Cooper Street Community Garden
    1,300 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 233/Ladder 176 Fire station
    960 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Marketplace of Bushwick Supermarket
    340 feet

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    670 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are ten places to eat and 15 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 Granite Street.

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.