Bushwick Avenue & Bleecker Street

Bushwick Avenue and Bleecker Street meet at a three-way junction in Bushwick (East), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 19 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. The People's Garden is 720 feet away. The nearest subway, Gates Av, is about five minutes on foot, for the J and Z. Within a five-minute walk are 14 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and nine places to eat. About 2,400 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
10 hurt
19 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Gates Av
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · J, Z
Nearest bus stop
910 feet
Broadway/Greene Av · B47, Q24
Within a walk
14 places
8 religious buildings, 3 gardens and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Bushwick Avenue & Bleecker Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Gates Av, 0.3 miles from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Gates Av J, Z
    0.3 miles
    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. Kosciuszko St J
    0.3 miles
    J

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Dream Train” (2002) by Chris Wade Robinson at the Gates Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Broadway/Greene Av, 910 feet away, for the B47 and Q24.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B47 …
  2. Q24 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Bushwick Ave & Harman St 25 docks in all
    550 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 1.7 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 19 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in August 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11221
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 4
City Council district
37
Police precinct
83
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bushwick (East)
Elevation
54 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 57 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 58 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2014 and January 2019, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Bleecker Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

South side of Bleecker Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

East side of Bushwick Avenue

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are two Individual Landmarks, and 21 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Queen Anne. They were mostly built between 1885 and 1888.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fourteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 8 religious buildings
  • 3 gardens
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 075 Mayda Cortiella School
    1,010 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. The People's Garden
    720 feet
  2. Concerned Citizens of Grove Street Community Garden
    780 feet
  3. Good Life Garden
    860 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. South Bushwick Reformed Protestant Dutch Church Complex Listed historic place
    1,040 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Calvary & St Cyprians Church House of worship
    220 feet
  2. South Bushwick Reformed Church House of worship
    870 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 1175 Gates Avenue Older adult center
    1,300 feet

Bank branches

  1. Flagstar Bank Bank branch
    1,090 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    1,080 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    1,100 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are nine places to eat and 13 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

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

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