Bushwick Avenue & Eastern Parkway at Vanderveer Street

Bushwick Avenue, Eastern Parkway and Vanderveer Street meet at a four-way crossing in Bushwick (East), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 83 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. In 2026, 3,512 red-light camera tickets were recorded here through July 26. Aberdeen Street Community Garden is 960 feet away, and Contented Hart Garden is 1,140 feet away. The nearest subway, Bushwick Av-Aberdeen St, is about two minutes on foot, for the L. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, five of them gardens, and one place to eat.

Safety record
64 hurt
83 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Bushwick Av-Aberdeen St
470 feet · 2 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
290 feet
Bushwick Av/Desales Pl · B111
Within a walk
12 places
5 gardens, 2 playgrounds and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Bushwick Avenue & Eastern Parkway at Vanderveer Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Bushwick Av-Aberdeen St, 470 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 5 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bushwick Av-Aberdeen St L
    470 feet
    L

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. L …
Outbound
1 line
  1. L …

Also within a walk

  1. Broadway Junction A, C, J, L, Z
    0.3 miles
    A C J L Z
  2. Rockaway Av C
    0.5 miles
    C

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Bushwick Av/Desales Pl, 290 feet away, for the B111.

  • 13 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bushwick Av/Desales Pl B111
    290 feet
    B111

Next buses at this stop

  1. B111 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 3 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Bushwick Ave & Furman Ave 30 docks in all
    780 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1610 Bushwick Avenue Gas station
    540 feet
  2. 492 Thomas Boyland Street Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    1.1 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    2.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 83 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 63 people injured
  • 1 person killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 4 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Safety Improvement Project, 2018
  • Turn calming, April 2022

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2026 so far, through July 26, 3,512 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
118 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes

Homes

About 600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 98 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

Seventeen trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 24 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2015 and June 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Bushwick Avenue

  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM

West side of Bushwick Avenue

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

South side of Eastern Parkway

  • No stopping 1 sign NO STOPPING ANYTIME

West side of Eastern Parkway

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM 4PM-7PM

North side of Vanderveer Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

South side of Vanderveer Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 gardens
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 park
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. The Learning Experience Broadway-Brooklyn Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    970 feet
  2. Bushwick Ascend Middle School
    1,120 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Infant Jesus Community Garden
    660 feet
  2. Rudd Playground
    710 feet
  3. Aberdeen Street Community Garden
    960 feet
Show all 8
  1. Thomas Boyland Park
    1,070 feet
  2. Contented Hart Garden
    1,140 feet
  3. Betty's Community Garden at Hull Street Garden
    1,240 feet
  4. Granite Street Community Garden
    1,270 feet
  5. Callahan-Kelly Playground
    1,300 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Marketplace of Bushwick Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there is one place to eat and three 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 Eastern Parkway.

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.