Bushwick Avenue & Covert Street

Bushwick Avenue and Covert 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. Seventh Day Church of God is 360 feet away, and St Thomas Episcopal Church is 920 feet away. The nearest subway, Halsey St, is about five minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 21 public places, 11 of them religious buildings, and 16 places to eat.

Safety record
20 hurt
31 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Halsey St
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · J
Nearest bus stop
370 feet
Schaefer St/Bushwick Av · B20
Within a walk
21 places
11 religious buildings, 3 gardens and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Bushwick Avenue & Covert 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 five minutes on foot.

  • 3 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. Chauncey St J, Z
    0.3 miles
    J Z
  2. Bushwick Av-Aberdeen St L
    0.5 miles
    L

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Schaefer St/Bushwick Av, 370 feet away, for the B20.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Schaefer St/Bushwick Av B20
    370 feet
    B20

Next buses at this stop

  1. B20 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 11 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Eldert St & Bushwick Ave 22 docks in all
    300 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 1 mile by car along the streets.

  1. 1534 Bushwick Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 342 Eldert Street Charging for electric cars, 21 Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.4 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.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 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
45 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 81 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 56 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2017 and June 2025, 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 Covert Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of Covert Street

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 21 public places.

  • 11 religious buildings
  • 3 gardens
  • 3 schools
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 library

Schools and child care

  1. GSS 319 Stanhope Child and Family Center Pre-K
    660 feet
  2. P.S./I.S. 045 Horace E. Greene School
    880 feet
  3. Achivement First Bushwick Charter School Elementary School
    1,260 feet
Show all 4
  1. Evergreen Middle School for Urban Exploration School
    1,260 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Evergreen Playground
    390 feet
  2. Tiger Playground
    720 feet
  3. Cooper Street Block Buster Community Garden
    730 feet
Show all 5
  1. Decatur Street Community Garden
    810 feet
  2. Cooper Street Community Garden
    1,100 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Saratoga Library
    1,200 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Seventh Day Church of God House of worship
    360 feet
  2. St Thomas Episcopal Church House of worship
    920 feet

Supermarkets

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 16 places to eat and 15 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 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Bushwick Avenue or Covert 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.