Broadway & Schaefer Street

Broadway and Schaefer Street meet at a three-way junction in Bushwick (East), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Brooklyn corner. It is 710 feet to 721 Decatur Street Community Garden, and P.S./I.S. 045 Horace E. Greene is 1,270 feet away. The nearest subway, Chauncey St, is about two minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 27 public places, 14 of them religious buildings, and 23 places to eat.

Safety record
7 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Chauncey St
590 feet · 2 min on foot · J, Z
Nearest bus stop
30 feet
Broadway/Macdonough St · Q24
Within a walk
27 places
14 religious buildings, 6 gardens and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Broadway & Schaefer Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Chauncey St, 590 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Chauncey St J, Z
    590 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. Halsey St J
    950 feet
    J
  2. Rockaway Av C
    0.5 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/Macdonough St, 30 feet away, for the Q24.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Broadway/Macdonough St Q24
    30 feet
    Q24

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q24 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 7 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, June 2020

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11207
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 4
City Council district
37 and 41 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
73 and 83 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bushwick (East)
Elevation
58 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 159 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 47 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 12 signs on these blocks
  • 3 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2020 and November 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

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

East side of Broadway

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 3AM-6AM

North side of Schaefer Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 318969 and 326709.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 27 public places.

  • 14 religious buildings
  • 6 gardens
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 fire station
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Superior Day Care Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    820 feet
  2. GSS 319 Stanhope Child and Family Center Pre-K
    1,050 feet
  3. P.S./I.S. 045 Horace E. Greene School
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. 721 Decatur Street Community Garden
    710 feet
  2. Moffat Street Community Garden
    710 feet
  3. Moffat Garden
    730 feet
Show all 8
  1. Evergreen Playground
    780 feet
  2. Cooper Street Block Buster Community Garden
    830 feet
  3. Cooper Street Community Garden
    900 feet
  4. Marion Hopkinson Playground
    1,190 feet
  5. Decatur Street Community Garden
    1,190 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Saratoga Library
    770 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Seventh Day Church of God House of worship
    450 feet
  2. St Thomas Episcopal Church House of worship
    1,310 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 233/Ladder 176 Fire station
    960 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Marketplace of Bushwick Supermarket
    1,280 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    1,310 feet

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 23 places to eat and 22 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Broadway or Schaefer 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, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.