Bushwick Avenue & Fanchon Place

Bushwick Avenue and Fanchon Place meet at a four-way crossing in Cypress Hills, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 15 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. George Walker Jr. Park is 1,130 feet away. The nearest subway, Alabama Av, is about three minutes on foot, and five subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, three of them religious buildings, and seven places to eat. About 400 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
12 hurt
15 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Alabama Av
840 feet · 3 min on foot · J, Z
Nearest bus stop
590 feet
Jamaica Av/Georgia Av · T340, T434
Within a walk
9 places
3 religious buildings, 1 career or business center and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Bushwick Avenue & Fanchon Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Alabama Av, 840 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 5 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Alabama Av J, Z
    840 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. Atlantic Av L
    0.3 miles
    L
  2. Liberty Av C
    0.3 miles
    C

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Untitled” (2007) by Scott Redden at the Alabama Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Jamaica Av/Georgia Av, 590 feet away, for the T340 and T434.

  • 12 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Jamaica Av/Georgia Av T340, T434
    590 feet
    T340 T434

Next buses at this stop

  1. T340 …
  2. T434 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Georgia Ave & Fulton St 16 docks in all
    750 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 630 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 1731 Bushwick Avenue Gas station
    320 feet
  2. 570 Jamaica Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    1 mile
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    2.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 15 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 12 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11207
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 5
City Council district
37
Police precinct
75
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Cypress Hills
Elevation
76 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

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

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2016 and January 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Bushwick Avenue

  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM

West side of Bushwick Avenue

  • No standing 7 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 4PM-7PM
  • No stopping 3 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

East side of Fanchon Place

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

North side of Fanchon Place

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Fanchon Place

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM

West side of Fanchon Place

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 1 career or business center
  • 1 nursing home or hospice
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Uncommon Leadership CHS School
    860 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. George Walker Jr. Park
    1,130 feet
  2. George Walker Jr. Park Playground
    1,290 feet

Health care

  1. Bushwick Center for Rehabilitation and Health Care Nursing home or hospice
    1,110 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. East New York Post Office
    1,280 feet
  2. East New York Workforce1 Career Center Career or business center
    1,300 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    620 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are seven places to eat and four 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 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Bushwick Avenue.

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 Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.