Broadway & Van Sinderen Avenue

Broadway and Van Sinderen Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Cypress Hills, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Calvary Church is 730 feet away. The nearest subway, Broadway Junction, is about a minute on foot, for the A, C, J, L and Z. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and three places to eat. About 190 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1910 and 1925, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
2 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Broadway Junction
310 feet · 1 min on foot · A, C, J, L, Z
Nearest bus stop
120 feet
Van Sinderen Av/Fulton St · Q56
Within a walk
13 places
7 religious buildings, 2 schools and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Broadway & Van Sinderen Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Broadway Junction, 310 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 5 lines at the nearest station
  1. Broadway Junction A, C, J, L, Z
    310 feet
    A C J L Z

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
5 lines
  1. A …
  2. C …
  3. J …
  4. L …
  5. Z …
Outbound
5 lines
  1. A …
  2. C …
  3. J …
  4. L …
  5. Z …

Also within a walk

  1. Alabama Av J, Z
    1,270 feet
    J Z
  2. Bushwick Av-Aberdeen St L
    0.3 miles
    L

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Brooklyn, New Morning” (2001) by Al Loving at the Broadway Junction station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Van Sinderen Av/Fulton St, 120 feet away, for the Q56.

  • 13 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Van Sinderen Av/Fulton St Q56 · Shelter
    120 feet
    Q56
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q56 …

Live arrivals

Van Sinderen Avenue carries a lane DOT records as a shared lane, not a bus-only lane, all day, every day.

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Van Sinderen Ave & Truxton St 23 docks in all
    130 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1610 Bushwick Avenue Gas station
    820 feet
  2. 492 Thomas Boyland Street Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    1.1 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    2.7 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.

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11207
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 5
City Council district
37
Police precinct
73 and 75 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Cypress Hills
Elevation
83 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to three travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 190 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1910 and 1925.

Since 2014 at least 8 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 31 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 27 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2018 and January 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

West side of Broadway

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM

North side of Truxton Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 7:30AM-8AM

South side of Truxton Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 7:30AM-8AM
  • Taxis and for-hire vehicles 1 sign TAXI/FHV PICK-UP/DROP-OFF ONLY

East side of Van Sinderen Avenue

  • No standing 7 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Van Sinderen Avenue

  • Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AVO POLICE DEPARTMENT
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 garden
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. The Learning Experience Broadway-Brooklyn Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,030 feet
  2. Imagine Me Leadership Charter School
    1,240 feet
  3. Bushwick Ascend Middle School
    1,260 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Callahan-Kelly Playground
    110 feet
  2. Betty's Community Garden at Hull Street Garden
    1,260 feet
  3. Thomas Boyland Park
    1,280 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Calvary Church House of worship
    730 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Marketplace of Bushwick Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are three places to eat and two food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Broadway, Truxton Street or Van Sinderen Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, 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.