Bushwick Avenue & Lawton Street

Bushwick Avenue and Lawton Street meet at a three-way junction in Bushwick (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Dekalb Library is 680 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 15 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 26 places to eat. About 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
5 hurt
10 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Central Av
1,280 feet · 5 min on foot · M
Nearest bus stop
710 feet
Broadway/Lawton St · B46, B47
Within a walk
15 places
7 religious buildings, 3 schools and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Bushwick Avenue & Lawton Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Central Av, 1,280 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Central Av M
    1,280 feet
    M

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

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

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Broadway/Lawton St, 710 feet away, for the B46 and B47.

  • 13 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Broadway/Lawton St B46, B47
    710 feet
    B46 B47

Next buses at this stop

  1. B46 …
  2. B47 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 20 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 5 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Bushwick Ave & Dekalb Ave 29 docks in all
    590 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Borinquen Place, 1.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1199 Myrtle Avenue Gas station
    1,090 feet
  2. 10 Montieth Street Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    0.6 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 ten crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 5 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2024.

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
52 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 71 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 50 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 14 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2015 and May 2019, and the sign on the street decides.

West side of Bushwick Avenue

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

North side of Lawton Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

South side of Lawton Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING 8AM-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

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

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 library
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Ebc High School for Public Service - Bushwick School
    690 feet
  2. Bushwick United Early Learn Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    900 feet
  3. Bushwick Leaders High School for Academic Excellence School
    900 feet
Show all 4
  1. P.S. 274 Kosciusko School
    930 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Freedom Triangle
    730 feet

Health care

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

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Dekalb Library Landmark
    680 feet
  2. South Bushwick Reformed Protestant Dutch Church Complex Listed historic place
    1,310 feet

Houses of worship

  1. South Bushwick Reformed Church House of worship
    1,270 feet

Supermarkets

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

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 26 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 15 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Bushwick Avenue or Lawton 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.