Broadway & Patchen Avenue

Broadway and Patchen Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Bushwick (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Patchen Avenue Garden is 830 feet away. The nearest subway, Kosciuszko St, is about a minute on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 21 public places, nine of them religious buildings, and 27 places to eat. About 1,900 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Kosciuszko St
30 feet · 1 min on foot · J
Nearest bus stop
30 feet
Broadway/Kossuth Pl · B47, T430, T433
Within a walk
21 places
9 religious buildings, 5 schools and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Broadway & Patchen Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Kosciuszko St, 30 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Kosciuszko St J
    30 feet
    J

Next trains at this station

Outbound
1 line
  1. J …
Manhattan
1 line
  1. J …

Also within a walk

  1. Gates Av J, Z
    0.3 miles
    J Z
  2. Myrtle Av J, M, Z
    0.5 miles
    J M Z

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Euphorbias” (2002) by Ronald Calloway at the Kosciuszko St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Broadway/Kossuth Pl, 30 feet away, for the B47, T430 and T433.

  • 12 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Broadway/Kossuth Pl B47, T430, T433
    30 feet
    B47 T430 T433

Next buses at this stop

  1. B47 …
  2. T430 …
  3. T433 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 20 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 5 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Broadway & Kosciuszko St 29 docks in all
    220 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Borinquen Place, 2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 8 Malcolm X Boulevard Gas station
    1,170 feet
  2. 824 Lexington Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported four crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Turn calming, August 2022

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11221
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 3
City Council district
34 and 36 and 41 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
81 and 83 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bushwick (West)
Elevation
57 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

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

Since 2014 at least 31 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 27 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the American basswood.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 2 signs on these blocks
  • 1 rule
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

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

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 9am to 7pm on Broadway (east side).

West side of Broadway

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 336326.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are two Individual Landmarks, and three buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission. They were built between 1853 and 1905.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 21 public places.

  • 9 religious buildings
  • 5 schools
  • 3 gardens
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 library
  • 1 listed historic place

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 274 Kosciusko School
    760 feet
  2. Ebc High School for Public Service - Bushwick School
    990 feet
  3. Bushwick Leaders High School for Academic Excellence School
    1,210 feet
Show all 5
  1. Madiba Prep Middle School
    1,310 feet
  2. P.S. 026 Jesse Owens School
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. The People's Garden
    790 feet
  2. Patchen Avenue Garden
    830 feet
  3. Lafayette Playground
    840 feet
Show all 5
  1. Garden of Angels Garden
    950 feet
  2. Jesse Owens Playground
    1,290 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. South Bushwick Reformed Protestant Dutch Church Complex Listed historic place
    850 feet
  2. Dekalb Library Landmark
    1,150 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Rugged Cross Baptist Church Listed historic place
    280 feet
  2. South Bushwick Reformed Church Landmark
    850 feet
  3. St Stephens & St Martins Episcopal Church House of worship
    1,280 feet

Bank branches

  1. Flagstar Bank Bank branch
    1,140 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    40 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 27 places to eat and 19 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

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