Bushwick Avenue & Cooper Street

Bushwick Avenue and Cooper Street meet at a four-way crossing in Bushwick (East), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 48 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. In 2026, 2,406 red-light camera tickets were recorded here through July 26. Cooper Street Block Buster Community Garden is 140 feet away. The nearest subway, Chauncey St, is about three minutes on foot, and four subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 23 public places, 12 of them religious buildings, and 13 places to eat.

Safety record
30 hurt
48 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Chauncey St
690 feet · 3 min on foot · J, Z
Nearest bus stop
280 feet
Decatur St/Bushwick Av · B20, B60
Within a walk
23 places
12 religious buildings, 6 gardens and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Bushwick Avenue & Cooper Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Chauncey St, 690 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Chauncey St J, Z
    690 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
    0.3 miles
    L
  2. Halsey St J
    0.4 miles
    J

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Decatur St/Bushwick Av, 280 feet away, for the B20 and B60.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Decatur St/Bushwick Av B20, B60
    280 feet
    B20 B60

Next buses at this stop

  1. B20 …
  2. B60 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 7 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
    310 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
    0.3 miles
  2. 342 Eldert Street Charging for electric cars, 21 Level 2 chargers
    0.8 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 48 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 30 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 4 of those hurt, on foot
  • 3 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, October 2019

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2026 so far, through July 26, 2,406 red-light camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner.

Every corner with red-light camera tickets

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
66 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

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

Since 2014 at least 144 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 51 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 34 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2017 and August 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Bushwick Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM

West side of Bushwick Avenue

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 4PM-7PM

North side of Cooper Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 6AM-5PM

South side of Cooper Street

  • No standing 11 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

  • 12 religious buildings
  • 6 gardens
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 playground
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. GSS 319 Stanhope Child and Family Center Pre-K
    300 feet
  2. P.S./I.S. 045 Horace E. Greene School
    880 feet
  3. Superior Day Care Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    940 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Cooper Street Block Buster Community Garden
    140 feet
  2. Cooper Street Community Garden
    320 feet
  3. Decatur Street Community Garden
    420 feet
Show all 7
  1. Evergreen Playground
    430 feet
  2. Moffat Garden
    620 feet
  3. Moffat Street Community Garden
    640 feet
  4. Contented Hart Garden
    970 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Thomas Episcopal Church House of worship
    150 feet
  2. Seventh Day Church of God House of worship
    1,010 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 233/Ladder 176 Fire station
    1,080 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Marketplace of Bushwick Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 13 places to eat and 16 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 Cooper Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC Finance, NYC DOT, MTA, 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.