Bushwick Avenue & Hart Street

Bushwick Avenue and Hart Street meet at a three-way junction in Bushwick (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 29 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Freedom Triangle is 520 feet away, and P.S. 274 Kosciusko is 1,140 feet away. The nearest subway, Central Av, is about five minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 16 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and 29 places to eat.

Safety record
11 hurt
29 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Central Av
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · M
Nearest bus stop
550 feet
Myrtle Av/Bushwick Av · B54
Within a walk
16 places
8 religious buildings, 3 schools and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Bushwick Avenue & Hart Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Central Av M
    0.3 miles
    M

Next trains at this station

Inbound
1 line
  1. M …
Middle Village
1 line
  1. M …

Also within a walk

  1. Myrtle Av J, M, Z
    0.3 miles
    J M Z
  2. Kosciuszko St J
    0.3 miles
    J

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Generation Dynamica” (2013) by George Bates at the Central Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Myrtle Av/Bushwick Av, 550 feet away, for the B54.

  • 13 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Myrtle Av/Bushwick Av B54
    550 feet
    B54

Next buses at this stop

  1. B54 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on Bushwick Avenue and Hart Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Suydam St & Broadway 32 docks in all
    760 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Borinquen Place, 1.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1199 Myrtle Avenue Gas station
    890 feet
  2. 10 Montieth Street Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 29 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11221
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 4
City Council district
34
Police precinct
83
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bushwick (West)
Elevation
57 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 70 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 55 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
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2018 and March 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Bushwick Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 6 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM

West side of Bushwick Avenue

  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 4PM-7PM

North side of Hart Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

South side of Hart Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are two Individual Landmarks, and three buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission. They were built between 1889 and 1905.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Sixteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 8 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 library
  • 1 nursing home or hospice
  • 1 park

Schools and child care

  1. Bushwick United Early Learn Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    790 feet
  2. Ebc High School for Public Service - Bushwick School
    900 feet
  3. Bushwick Leaders High School for Academic Excellence School
    1,100 feet
Show all 5
  1. P.S. 274 Kosciusko School
    1,140 feet
  2. Wiser Choice Learning Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,190 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Freedom Triangle
    520 feet

Health care

  1. Buena Vida Rehabilitation and Nursing Center Nursing home or hospice
    980 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Dekalb Library Landmark
    890 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 29 places to eat and 16 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 18 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Bushwick Avenue or Hart Street.

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, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.