Bushwick Avenue & Ainslie Street

Bushwick Avenue and Ainslie Street meet at a three-way junction in East Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. St Francis of Paola Church is 870 feet away, and Red Shed Community Garden is 1,310 feet away. The nearest subway, Grand St, is about two minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 20 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 45 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Grand St
490 feet · 2 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
530 feet
Bushwick Av/Grand St · L90
Within a walk
20 places
7 religious buildings, 4 gardens and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Bushwick Avenue & Ainslie Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Grand St, 490 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Grand St L
    490 feet
    L

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. L …
Outbound
1 line
  1. L …

Also within a walk

  1. Graham Av L
    1,160 feet
    L
  2. Montrose Av L
    0.4 miles
    L

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Gratitudes off Grand” (2023) by Glendalys Medina at the Grand St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Bushwick Av/Grand St, 530 feet away, for the L90.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bushwick Av/Grand St L90
    530 feet
    L90

Next buses at this stop

  1. L90 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 57 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Bushwick Ave & Powers St 32 docks in all
    330 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway westbound at Meeker Avenue & Graham Avenue at Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 65 Kingsland Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 444 Graham Avenue Charging for electric cars, 12 Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 1074 Grand Street Fast charging for electric cars
    0.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in July 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11211
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 1
City Council district
34
Police precinct
90
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East Williamsburg
Elevation
41 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 2,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 101 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 52 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 9 signs on these blocks
  • 3 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2014 and September 2018, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Ainslie Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of Ainslie Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of Bushwick Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twenty public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 4 gardens
  • 4 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 monument or memorial
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Nysarc NYC - Francis of Paola School
    920 feet
  2. NYSARC Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,080 feet
  3. East Williamsburg Scholars Academy School
    1,090 feet
Show all 6
  1. Progress High School for Professional Careers School
    1,090 feet
  2. The High School for Enterprise, Business and Technology School
    1,090 feet
  3. St. Nicks Alliance Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,140 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Memorial Gore Park
    600 feet
  2. Powers Street Garden
    600 feet
  3. Olive Street Garden
    910 feet
Show all 5
  1. Orient Grove Garden
    1,110 feet
  2. Red Shed Community Garden
    1,310 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Bushwick War Memorial Monument or memorial
    610 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Francis of Paola Church House of worship
    870 feet
  2. St John Evangelist Lutheran Church Listed historic place
    1,090 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 211 Ainslie Street Older adult center
    1,220 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,270 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    810 feet
  2. Bravo Supermarket
    870 feet
  3. CTown Supermarket
    1,170 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 45 places to eat and 14 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 15 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Ainslie Street or Bushwick Avenue.

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, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.