Bushwick Avenue & Garden Street

Bushwick Avenue and Garden Street meet at a four-way crossing in Bushwick (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 36 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Garden Playground is 440 feet away. The nearest subway, Flushing Av, is about six minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 17 public places, three of them day care or pre-K sites, and 14 places to eat. About 2,500 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
21 hurt
36 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Flushing Av
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · J, M
Nearest bus stop
580 feet
Flushing Av/Bushwick Av · B57
Within a walk
17 places
3 day care or pre-K sites, 3 parks and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Bushwick Avenue & Garden Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Flushing Av J, M
    0.3 miles
    J M

Next trains at this station

Outbound
2 lines
  1. J …
  2. M …
Manhattan
2 lines
  1. J …
  2. M …

Also within a walk

  1. Myrtle Av J, M, Z
    0.3 miles
    J M Z

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Migration” (2006) by Robin Holder at the Flushing Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Flushing Av/Bushwick Av, 580 feet away, for the B57.

  • 12 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Flushing Av/Bushwick Av B57
    580 feet
    B57

Next buses at this stop

  1. B57 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Bushwick Ave & Forrest St 20 docks in all
    50 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Borinquen Place, 1.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 640 Bushwick Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 10 Montieth Street Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    380 feet
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    0.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 36 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 21 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 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, January 2017
  • Barnes Dance all-way crossing, undated in the City's record

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11206
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 4
City Council district
34
Police precinct
83
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bushwick (West)
Elevation
49 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 2,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 340 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 64 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 44 signs on these blocks
  • 12 different rules

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

East side of Bushwick Avenue

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 6 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM

West side of Bushwick Avenue

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 7 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 4PM-7PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-4PM

North side of Forrest Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

South side of Forrest Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

East side of Garden Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

North side of Garden Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

West side of Garden Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and four buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as American Round Arch. They were built between 1872 and 1890.

  1. William Ulmer Brewery: Main Brewhouse and Addition Designated landmark
    450 feet
  2. William Ulmer Brewery: Engine and Machine House Designated landmark
    550 feet
  3. William Ulmer Brewery: Stable and Storage Building Designated landmark
    570 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seventeen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 parks
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 garden
  • 5 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 120 Carlos Tapia School
    450 feet
  2. The Learning Experience Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    980 feet
  3. Congregation Luminous Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    1,060 feet
Show all 4
  1. Luminous Bushwick Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,060 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Beaver Noll Park
    290 feet
  2. Beaver Knoll Park
    330 feet
  3. Garden Playground
    440 feet
Show all 6
  1. Bushwick Playground
    830 feet
  2. Green Central Knoll Park
    1,200 feet
  3. Miraflores Community Garden
    1,260 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at 54 Noll Street / One Bushwick Public space
    1,010 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. William Ulmer Brewery Complex Listed historic place
    1,070 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 9 Noll Street Older adult center
    200 feet
  2. Bushwick Pool Swimming pool
    1,070 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    790 feet
  2. Green Corner Fish & Farmers Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 14 places to eat and seven food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Bushwick Avenue, Forrest Street or Garden Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYCHA, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.