Bushwick Avenue & Cedar Street

Bushwick Avenue and Cedar Street meet at a three-way junction in Bushwick (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Buena Vida Rehabilitation and Nursing Center is 670 feet away. The nearest subway, Central Av, is about four minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 16 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 25 places to eat. About 2,000 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
5 hurt
10 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Central Av
1,180 feet · 4 min on foot · M
Nearest bus stop
810 feet
Broadway/Lawton St · B46, B47
Within a walk
16 places
7 religious buildings, 3 schools and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Bushwick Avenue & Cedar Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Central Av, 1,180 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Central Av M
    1,180 feet
    M

Next trains at this station

Inbound
1 line
  1. M …
Middle Village
1 line
  1. M …

Also within a walk

  1. Kosciuszko St J
    0.3 miles
    J
  2. Myrtle Av J, M, Z
    0.3 miles
    J M Z

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Generation Dynamica” (2013) by George Bates at the Central Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Broadway/Lawton St, 810 feet away, for the B46 and B47.

  • 13 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Broadway/Lawton St B46, B47
    810 feet
    B46 B47

Next buses at this stop

  1. B46 …
  2. B47 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 20 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 5 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Bushwick Ave & Dekalb Ave 29 docks in all
    490 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Borinquen Place, 1.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1199 Myrtle Avenue Gas station
    1,200 feet
  2. 10 Montieth Street Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

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
34
Police precinct
83
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bushwick (West)
Elevation
51 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,000 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 45 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 17 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2018 and October 2019, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Bushwick Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 6 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM

North side of Cedar Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of Cedar Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Classical Revival, and built in 1905.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Sixteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 garden
  • 1 library
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Ebc High School for Public Service - Bushwick School
    590 feet
  2. Bushwick Leaders High School for Academic Excellence School
    790 feet
  3. P.S. 274 Kosciusko School
    830 feet
Show all 4
  1. Bushwick United Early Learn Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    930 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Freedom Triangle
    840 feet
  2. Know Waste Lands Garden
    1,240 feet

Health care

  1. Buena Vida Rehabilitation and Nursing Center Nursing home or hospice
    670 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Dekalb Library Landmark
    580 feet
  2. South Bushwick Reformed Protestant Dutch Church Complex Listed historic place
    1,200 feet

Houses of worship

  1. South Bushwick Reformed Church House of worship
    1,160 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    1,310 feet
  2. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Shop Fair 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 25 places to eat and 17 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 15 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Bushwick Avenue or Cedar Street.

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, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.