Bushwick Avenue & Grand Street

Bushwick Avenue and Grand Street meet at a four-way crossing in East Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 50 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. East Williamsburg Scholars Academy is 550 feet away. The nearest subway, Grand St, is about a minute on foot, for the L. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, five of them religious buildings, and 43 places to eat. A bike lane separated from traffic runs along Grand Street.

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Bushwick Avenue & Grand Street Nearby corners, linked

Subway

The nearest subway station is Grand St, 60 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  1. Grand St L
    60 feet
    L

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Montrose Av L
    0.3 miles
    L
  2. Graham Av L
    0.3 miles
    L

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Gratitudes off Grand” (2023) by Glendalys Medina at the Grand St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Bushwick Av/Grand St, 30 feet away, for the L90.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bushwick Av/Grand St L90
    30 feet
    L90

Next buses at this stop

  1. L90 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Grand Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Bushwick Ave & Powers St 32 docks in all
    220 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway westbound at Meeker Avenue & Graham Avenue at Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1039 Grand Street Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 1074 Grand Street Charging for electric cars, four fast chargers
    0.4 miles

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 50 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 30 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 7 of those hurt, on foot
  • 8 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
11211
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 1
City Council district
34
Police precinct
90
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East Williamsburg
Elevation
48 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 2,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1920 and 1938.

Since 2014 at least 34 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 35 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 47 signs on these blocks
  • 14 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2015 and November 2023; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Bushwick Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 6 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 10AM-4PM

West side of Bushwick Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 4PM-7PM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-4PM

North side of Grand Street

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 2PM-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY 7AM-2PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No stopping 7 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

South side of Grand Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 308980 and 329233.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and five buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Modern. They were built between 1935 and 1938.

  1. Williamsburg Houses Designated landmark
    380 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 2 gardens
  • 1 monument or memorial
  • 1 park

Schools and child care

  1. East Williamsburg Scholars Academy School
    550 feet
  2. Progress High School for Professional Careers School
    550 feet
  3. The High School for Enterprise, Business and Technology School
    550 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Powers Street Garden
    460 feet
  2. Olive Street Garden
    920 feet
  3. Memorial Gore Park
    1,140 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Bushwick War Memorial Monument or memorial
    1,150 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St John Evangelist Lutheran Church Listed historic place
    690 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    870 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Bravo Supermarket
    320 feet
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    1,150 feet
  3. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 43 places to eat and 13 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

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