Bushwick Avenue & Boerum Street

Bushwick Avenue and Boerum Street meet at a four-way crossing in East Williamsburg, Brooklyn, at the edge of NYCHA's Borinquen Plaza II development. Between 2021 and 2025, 12 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Young Women's Leadership School of Brooklyn is 650 feet away. The nearest subway, Montrose Av, is about two minutes on foot, for the L. Within a five-minute walk are 14 public places, six of them religious buildings, and 24 places to eat. About 2,500 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
10 hurt
12 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Montrose Av
610 feet · 2 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
360 feet
Johnson Av/Bushwick Av · B60
Within a walk
14 places
6 religious buildings, 4 schools and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Bushwick Avenue & Boerum Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Montrose Av, 610 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  1. Montrose Av L
    610 feet
    L

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Morgan Av L
    0.4 miles
    L
  2. Grand St L
    0.4 miles
    L

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Johnson Av/Bushwick Av, 360 feet away, for the B60.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Johnson Av/Bushwick Av B60
    360 feet
    B60

Next buses at this stop

  1. B60 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Bushwick Ave & McKibbin St 21 docks in all
    290 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, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 640 Bushwick Avenue Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 14 Harrison Place Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 1074 Grand Street Fast charging for electric cars
    0.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 12 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 10 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, September 2018

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11206
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 1
City Council district
34
Police precinct
90
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East Williamsburg
Elevation
21 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, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

The corner stands at the edge of NYCHA's Borinquen Plaza II development.

Since 2014 at least 131 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 49 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2015 and January 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Boerum Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Boerum Street

  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

East side of Bushwick Avenue

  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM

West side of Bushwick Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 10 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 4PM-7PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fourteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 4 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 library
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Creative Academy Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    640 feet
  2. P.S. 147 Isaac Remsen School
    650 feet
  3. Young Women's Leadership School of Brooklyn School
    650 feet
Show all 5
  1. M.S. 582 School
    980 feet
  2. P.S. 196 Ten Eyck School
    980 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Ten Eyck Playground
    1,060 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Bushwick Library
    670 feet
  2. Industrial Complex at 221 McKibbin Street Listed historic place
    820 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Mount Calvary FBH Church House of worship
    960 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Beyond Natural Market Supermarket
    940 feet
  2. Bravo Supermarket
    1,060 feet
  3. Green Corner Fish & Farmers Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 24 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 14 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Boerum Street or Bushwick Avenue.

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, NYCHA, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.