Bushwick Avenue & Cornelia Street

Bushwick Avenue and Cornelia Street meet at a four-way crossing in Bushwick (East), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 22 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Restoration Worship Temple is 110 feet away. The nearest subway, Halsey St, is about six minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 17 public places, ten of them religious buildings, and seven places to eat. About 1,900 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1905 and 1923, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
16 hurt
22 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Halsey St
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · J
Nearest bus stop
780 feet
Broadway/Jefferson Av · Q24
Within a walk
17 places
10 religious buildings, 2 community centers and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Bushwick Avenue & Cornelia Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Halsey St J
    0.3 miles
    J

Next trains at this station

Outbound
1 line
  1. J …
Manhattan
1 line
  1. J …

Also within a walk

  1. Gates Av J, Z
    0.4 miles
    J Z

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “SOL'SCRYPTT” (2008) by SOL'SAX at the Halsey St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Broadway/Jefferson Av, 780 feet away, for the Q24.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Broadway/Jefferson Av Q24
    780 feet
    Q24

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q24 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Jefferson Ave & Evergreen Ave 17 docks in all
    970 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 1.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1534 Bushwick Avenue Gas station
    0.8 miles
  2. 824 Lexington Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 22 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11221
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 4
City Council district
37
Police precinct
83
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bushwick (East)
Elevation
55 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1905 and 1923.

Since 2014 at least 136 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
  • 34 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2018 and June 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Bushwick Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • 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 Cornelia Street

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

South side of Cornelia Street

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seventeen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 10 religious buildings
  • 2 community centers
  • 2 gardens
  • 2 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site

Schools and child care

  1. People's Elementary School
    660 feet
  2. Traditional Educational Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    770 feet
  3. P.S. 299 Thomas Warren Field School
    1,160 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Madison Street Community Garden
    710 feet
  2. Umoja Garden
    940 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Restoration Worship Temple House of worship
    110 feet
  2. Bushwick United Methodist Church Listed historic place
    440 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Salvation Army Brooklyn Bushwick Corps Community Center
    240 feet
  2. Saratoga Village Community Center
    1,280 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    1,160 feet
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are seven places to eat and 12 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 nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Bushwick Avenue or Cornelia 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.