Bushwick Avenue & Chauncey Street

Bushwick Avenue and Chauncey Street meet at a four-way crossing in Bushwick (East), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 31 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Cooper Street Community Garden is 650 feet away, and Evergreen Playground is 940 feet away. The nearest subway, Chauncey St, is about four minutes on foot, and four subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 23 public places, nine of them religious buildings, and 13 places to eat.

Safety record
12 hurt
31 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Chauncey St
1,120 feet · 4 min on foot · J, Z
Nearest bus stop
750 feet
Broadway/Chauncey St · B20, Q24
Within a walk
23 places
9 religious buildings, 8 gardens and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Bushwick Avenue & Chauncey Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Chauncey St, 1,120 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Chauncey St J, Z
    1,120 feet
    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. Bushwick Av-Aberdeen St L
    1,170 feet
    L
  2. Wilson Av L
    0.4 miles
    L

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “El Views” (2002) by Maria Dominguez at the Chauncey St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Broadway/Chauncey St, 750 feet away, for the B20 and Q24.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Broadway/Chauncey St B20, Q24
    750 feet
    B20 Q24

Next buses at this stop

  1. B20 …
  2. Q24 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Moffat St & Bushwick 18 docks in all
    290 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1534 Bushwick Avenue Gas station
    1,230 feet
  2. 342 Eldert Street Charging for electric cars, 21 Level 2 chargers
    0.9 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 31 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 12 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 4 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11207
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 4
City Council district
37
Police precinct
83
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bushwick (East)
Elevation
76 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 18 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 59 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2017 and May 2019, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Bushwick Avenue

  • No standing 6 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM

West side of Bushwick Avenue

  • No standing 6 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 4PM-7PM

North side of Chauncey Street

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

South side of Chauncey Street

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 23 public places.

  • 9 religious buildings
  • 8 gardens
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 park

Schools and child care

  1. GSS 319 Stanhope Child and Family Center Pre-K
    810 feet
  2. Superior Day Care Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    870 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Contented Hart Garden
    450 feet
  2. Cooper Street Community Garden
    650 feet
  3. Cooper Street Block Buster Community Garden
    660 feet
Show all 11
  1. Moffat Garden
    760 feet
  2. Moffat Street Community Garden
    760 feet
  3. Granite Street Community Garden
    830 feet
  4. Decatur Street Community Garden
    940 feet
  5. Evergreen Playground
    940 feet
  6. Thomas Boyland Park
    960 feet
  7. Rudd Playground
    1,080 feet
  8. Aberdeen Street Community Garden
    1,190 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Thomas Episcopal Church House of worship
    410 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 233/Ladder 176 Fire station
    1,090 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Marketplace of Bushwick Supermarket
    890 feet

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 13 places to eat and 13 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 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Bushwick Avenue or Chauncey 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, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.