Broadway & Van Buren Street

Broadway and Van Buren Street meet at a three-way junction in Bushwick (East), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Rugged Cross Baptist Church is 710 feet away, and Lafayette Playground is 1,260 feet away. The nearest subway, Kosciuszko St, is about two minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 17 public places, nine of them religious buildings, and 23 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Kosciuszko St
600 feet · 2 min on foot · J
Nearest bus stop
170 feet
Broadway/Greene Av · B47, Q24
Within a walk
17 places
9 religious buildings, 4 gardens and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Broadway & Van Buren Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Kosciuszko St, 600 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Kosciuszko St J
    600 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
    1,120 feet
    J 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/Greene Av, 170 feet away, for the B47 and Q24.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Broadway/Greene Av B47, Q24
    170 feet
    B47 Q24

Next buses at this stop

  1. B47 …
  2. Q24 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 21 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Van Buren St & Broadway 24 docks in all
    50 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 1.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 8 Malcolm X Boulevard Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 824 Lexington Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    1,160 feet
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, June 2020
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, March 2026

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11221
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 4
City Council district
34 and 37 and 41 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
81 and 83 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bushwick (East)
Elevation
54 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 51 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 24 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2016 and May 2026; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

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

West side of Broadway

  • Metered parking 5 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 3AM-6AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING HOTEL LOADING ZONE

North side of Van Buren Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING HOTEL LOADING ZONE

South side of Van Buren Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 321386 and 334301.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and two buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission. They were built between 1887 and 1908.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seventeen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 9 religious buildings
  • 4 gardens
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 playground
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Brooklyn Excelsior Charter School
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. The People's Garden
    190 feet
  2. Good Life Garden
    870 feet
  3. Patchen Avenue Garden
    870 feet
Show all 5
  1. Garden of Angels Garden
    990 feet
  2. Lafayette Playground
    1,260 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. South Bushwick Reformed Protestant Dutch Church Complex Listed historic place
    1,230 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Rugged Cross Baptist Church Listed historic place
    710 feet
  2. Calvary & St Cyprians Church House of worship
    1,040 feet
  3. South Bushwick Reformed Church House of worship
    1,070 feet

Fire and police

  1. Battalion 37/Engine 222 Fire station
    1,240 feet

Bank branches

  1. Flagstar Bank Bank branch
    540 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    850 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    560 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 23 places to eat and 19 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 14 corners within a three-minute walk:

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