Bushwick Avenue & Cook Street

Bushwick Avenue and Cook Street meet at a three-way junction in East Williamsburg, Brooklyn, at the edge of NYCHA's Bushwick development. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Mount Calvary FBH Church is 580 feet away. The nearest subway, Flushing Av, is about six minutes on foot, and four subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 17 public places, four of them schools, and ten places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
10 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Flushing Av
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · J, M
Nearest bus stop
430 feet
Flushing Av/Bushwick Av · B57
Within a walk
17 places
4 schools, 3 parks and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Bushwick Avenue & Cook Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Flushing Av J, M
    0.3 miles
    J M

Next trains at this station

Outbound
2 lines
  1. J …
  2. M …
Manhattan
2 lines
  1. J …
  2. M …

Also within a walk

  1. Montrose Av L
    0.4 miles
    L
  2. Morgan Av L
    0.4 miles
    L

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Migration” (2006) by Robin Holder at the Flushing Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Flushing Av/Bushwick Av, 430 feet away, for the B57.

  • 13 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Flushing Av/Bushwick Av B57
    430 feet
    B57

Next buses at this stop

  1. B57 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Bushwick Ave & Forrest St 20 docks in all
    780 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Borinquen Place, 1.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 640 Bushwick Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 10 Montieth Street Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    1,170 feet
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    0.8 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.

  • 3 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 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, April 2026

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
26 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,300 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 Bushwick development.

Since 2014 at least 241 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

Six trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the 'Imperial' thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 22 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2017 and June 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Bushwick Avenue

  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM

North side of Cook Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING 6AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

South side of Cook Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING 6AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seventeen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 schools
  • 3 parks
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Williamsburg Charter High School
    660 feet
  2. Congregation Luminous Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    1,130 feet
  3. Luminous Bushwick Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,130 feet
Show all 6
  1. P.S. 147 Isaac Remsen School
    1,140 feet
  2. Young Women's Leadership School of Brooklyn School
    1,140 feet
  3. P.S. 120 Carlos Tapia School
    1,190 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Garden Playground
    740 feet
  2. Bushwick Playground
    900 feet
  3. Beaver Noll Park
    1,080 feet
Show all 5
  1. Beaver Knoll Park
    1,120 feet
  2. Green Central Knoll Park
    1,160 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Bushwick Library
    1,050 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Mount Calvary FBH Church House of worship
    580 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 9 Noll Street Older adult center
    990 feet
  2. Bushwick Pool Swimming pool
    1,040 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Green Corner Fish & Farmers Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Bravo Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are ten places to eat and four food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Bushwick Avenue or Cook Street.

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.