Bushwick Avenue & Jamaica Avenue

Bushwick Avenue and Jamaica Avenue meet at a three-way junction in East New York (North), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 33 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Bushwick Center for Rehabilitation and Health Care is 810 feet away. The nearest subway, Alabama Av, is about three minutes on foot, and five subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 14 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and eight places to eat. About 700 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
23 hurt
33 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Alabama Av
780 feet · 3 min on foot · J, Z
Nearest bus stop
180 feet
Jamaica Av/Pennsylvania Av · Q56
Within a walk
14 places
8 religious buildings, 1 career or business center and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Bushwick Avenue & Jamaica Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Alabama Av, 780 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 5 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Alabama Av J, Z
    780 feet
    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. Liberty Av C
    0.3 miles
    C
  2. Atlantic Av L
    0.3 miles
    L

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/Pennsylvania Av, 180 feet away, for the Q56.

  • 12 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Jamaica Av/Pennsylvania Av Q56 · Shelter
    180 feet
    Q56
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q56 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. New Jersey Ave & Jamaica Ave 12 docks in all
    350 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 210 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 43 Pennsylvania Avenue Gas station
    610 feet
  2. 570 Jamaica Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    1 mile
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    2.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 33 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11207
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 5
City Council district
37
Police precinct
75
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East New York (North)
Elevation
65 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 300 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 22 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 2 signs on these blocks
  • 1 rule

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

North side of Jamaica Avenue

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fourteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 8 religious buildings
  • 1 career or business center
  • 1 nursing home or hospice
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Uncommon Leadership CHS School
    440 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. George Walker Jr. Park
    710 feet
  2. George Walker Jr. Park Playground
    870 feet

Health care

  1. Bushwick Center for Rehabilitation and Health Care Nursing home or hospice
    810 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Mision Cristiana Bethesda House of worship
    1,070 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. East New York Post Office
    870 feet
  2. East New York Workforce1 Career Center Career or business center
    950 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    200 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 16 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Bushwick Avenue or Jamaica Avenue.

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, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.