Bushwick Avenue & Marginal Street West

Bushwick Avenue and Marginal Street West meet at a four-way crossing in Cypress Hills, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. East New York Workforce1 Career Center is 1,050 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 12 public places, six of them religious buildings, and eight places to eat. About 600 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

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

Map

Layers
Bushwick Avenue & Marginal Street West Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Alabama Av, 890 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
    890 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, 290 feet away, for the Q56.

  • 12 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Jamaica Av/Pennsylvania Av Q56 · Shelter
    290 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
    450 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 310 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 1731 Bushwick Avenue Gas station
    640 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 eight crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2024.

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)
Cypress Hills
Elevation
66 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes

Homes

About 600 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

Twenty trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 13 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2016 and January 2017, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Bushwick Avenue

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM

West side of Bushwick Avenue

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 4PM-7PM

North side of Marginal Street West

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

South side of Marginal Street West

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 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
    540 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. George Walker Jr. Park
    810 feet
  2. George Walker Jr. Park Playground
    970 feet

Health care

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

Houses of worship

  1. Mision Cristiana Bethesda House of worship
    1,170 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. East New York Post Office
    970 feet
  2. East New York Workforce1 Career Center Career or business center
    1,050 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    300 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 17 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Bushwick Avenue or Marginal Street West.

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.