Bushwick Avenue & Menahan Street

Bushwick Avenue and Menahan Street meet at a three-way junction in Bushwick (East), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 21 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Calvary & St Cyprians Church is 90 feet away. The nearest subway, Gates Av, is about four minutes on foot, for the J and Z. Within a five-minute walk are 14 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 11 places to eat. About 2,300 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
12 hurt
21 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Gates Av
1,080 feet · 4 min on foot · J, Z
Nearest bus stop
880 feet
Gates Av/Bushwick Av · B52
Within a walk
14 places
7 religious buildings, 3 gardens and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Bushwick Avenue & Menahan Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Gates Av, 1,080 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Gates Av J, Z
    1,080 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. Kosciuszko St J
    0.4 miles
    J

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Dream Train” (2002) by Chris Wade Robinson at the Gates Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Gates Av/Bushwick Av, 880 feet away, for the B52.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Gates Av/Bushwick Av B52
    880 feet
    B52

Next buses at this stop

  1. B52 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Bushwick Ave & Linden St 29 docks in all
    510 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 1.7 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 21 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 12 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 4 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11221
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 4
City Council district
37
Police precinct
83
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bushwick (East)
Elevation
55 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 78 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 63 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2019 and August 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Bushwick Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM

North side of Menahan Street

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

South side of Menahan Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are two Individual Landmarks, and 36 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Romanesque Revival. They were mostly built between 1887 and 1896.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fourteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 3 gardens
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 075 Mayda Cortiella School
    750 feet
  2. Early Life Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,140 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Concerned Citizens of Grove Street Community Garden
    520 feet
  2. Good Life Garden
    600 feet
  3. The People's Garden
    970 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. South Bushwick Reformed Protestant Dutch Church Complex Listed historic place
    1,290 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Calvary & St Cyprians Church House of worship
    90 feet
  2. South Bushwick Reformed Church House of worship
    1,130 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 1175 Gates Avenue Older adult center
    1,040 feet

Bank branches

  1. Santander Bank Bank branch
    1,280 feet
  2. Wells Fargo Bank branch
    1,280 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    950 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    840 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 11 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 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Bushwick Avenue or Menahan 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, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.