Bushwick Avenue & Himrod Street

Bushwick Avenue and Himrod Street meet at a three-way junction in Bushwick (East), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. South Bushwick Reformed Church is 130 feet away. The nearest subway, Kosciuszko St, is about three minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 14 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and 12 places to eat. About 2,000 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
11 hurt
11 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Kosciuszko St
840 feet · 3 min on foot · J
Nearest bus stop
210 feet
Kossuth Pl/Bushwick Av · B38
Within a walk
14 places
8 religious buildings, 3 schools and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Bushwick Avenue & Himrod Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Kosciuszko St J
    840 feet
    J

Next trains at this station

Outbound
1 line
  1. J …
Manhattan
1 line
  1. J …

Also within a walk

  1. Gates Av J, Z
    0.4 miles
    J Z
  2. Central Av M
    0.4 miles
    M

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Euphorbias” (2002) by Ronald Calloway at the Kosciuszko St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Kossuth Pl/Bushwick Av, 210 feet away, for the B38.

  • 12 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Kossuth Pl/Bushwick Av B38
    210 feet
    B38

Next buses at this stop

  1. B38 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Bushwick Ave & Harman St 25 docks in all
    260 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 1.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 8 Malcolm X Boulevard Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 824 Lexington Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 11 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 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 (East)
Elevation
60 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 115 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 45 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 18 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2020 and July 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Bushwick Avenue

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SATURDAY 8AM-5PM

North side of Himrod Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

South side of Himrod Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING SATURDAY 8AM-5PM

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are three Individual Landmarks, and five buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission. They were mostly built between 1881 and 1905.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fourteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 8 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 1 garden
  • 1 library
  • 1 listed historic place

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 274 Kosciusko School
    690 feet
  2. Bushwick Leaders High School for Academic Excellence School
    860 feet
  3. Ebc High School for Public Service - Bushwick School
    1,220 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. The People's Garden
    1,000 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. South Bushwick Reformed Protestant Dutch Church Complex Listed historic place
    250 feet
  2. Dekalb Library Landmark
    860 feet

Houses of worship

  1. South Bushwick Reformed Church Landmark
    130 feet
  2. Sinai Christian Church House of worship
    850 feet
  3. Calvary & St Cyprians Church House of worship
    1,000 feet
Show all 4
  1. Rugged Cross Baptist Church Listed historic place
    1,100 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Met Fresh Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    850 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 12 places to eat and ten food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Bushwick Avenue or Himrod Street.

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 Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.