Bushwick Avenue & Highland Boulevard

Bushwick Avenue and Highland Boulevard meet at a three-way junction in Cypress Hills, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 46 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. The nearest subway, Alabama Av, is about five minutes on foot, and five subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are one public place and three places to eat. Within 820 feet are 34 homes, mostly built in 1910, almost all in houses of one or two.

Safety record
24 hurt
46 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Alabama Av
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · J, Z
Nearest bus stop
1,120 feet
Jamaica Av/Georgia Av · T340, T434
Within a walk
1 place
1 religious building, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Bushwick Avenue & Highland Boulevard Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 5 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Alabama Av J, Z
    0.3 miles
    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. Bushwick Av-Aberdeen St L
    0.3 miles
    L
  2. Broadway Junction A, C, J, L, Z
    0.4 miles
    A C J L Z

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, 1,120 feet away, for the T340 and T434.

  • 12 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Jamaica Av/Georgia Av T340, T434
    1,120 feet
    T340 T434

Next buses at this stop

  1. T340 …
  2. T434 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Georgia Ave & Fulton St 16 docks in all
    1,280 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 1,160 feet by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 46 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 24 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11207
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 4
City Council district
37
Police precinct
75 and 83 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Cypress Hills
Elevation
92 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

Within 820 feet of this corner are 34 homes, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up in 1910.

Trees

Eight 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
  • 18 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

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

East side of Bushwick Avenue

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM
  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM

North side of Highland Boulevard

  • No standing 7 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Highland Boulevard

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Places within a walk

How places are listed

One public place is within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 religious building

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    1,150 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are three places to eat and one food store.

Not on record for this corner: a bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet, a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, three of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Bushwick Avenue or Highland Boulevard.

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.