Bushwick Avenue & Meserole Street

Bushwick Avenue and Meserole Street meet at a four-way crossing in East Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 25 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. M.S. 582 is 170 feet away. The nearest subway, Montrose Av, is about a minute on foot, for the L. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, five of them religious buildings, and 38 places to eat. About 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
12 hurt
25 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Montrose Av
240 feet · 1 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
180 feet
Bushwick Av/Montrose Av · L90
Within a walk
11 places
5 religious buildings, 2 schools and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Bushwick Avenue & Meserole Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Montrose Av, 240 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  1. Montrose Av L
    240 feet
    L

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. L …
Outbound
1 line
  1. L …

Also within a walk

  1. Grand St L
    0.3 miles
    L

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Bushwick Av/Montrose Av, 180 feet away, for the L90.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bushwick Av/Montrose Av L90
    180 feet
    L90

Next buses at this stop

  1. L90 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Meserole Street.

  • 72 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Montrose Ave & Bushwick Ave 42 docks in all
    340 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway westbound at Meeker Avenue & Graham Avenue at Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 247 Union Avenue Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 14 Harrison Place Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 1074 Grand Street Fast charging for electric cars
    0.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 25 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 11 people injured
  • 1 person killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, January 2017

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11206
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 1
City Council district
34
Police precinct
90
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East Williamsburg
Elevation
42 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 78 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 48 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese pagoda tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 33 signs on these blocks
  • 12 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2015 and July 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Bushwick Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

West side of Bushwick Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 4PM-7PM

North side of Meserole Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

South side of Meserole Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are two Individual Landmarks, and six buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Modern. They were mostly built between 1935 and 1938.

  1. Williamsburg Houses Designated landmark
    440 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 garden
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Creative Academy Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    170 feet
  2. M.S. 582 School
    170 feet
  3. P.S. 196 Ten Eyck School
    170 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Ten Eyck Playground
    260 feet
  2. Scholes Street Children’s Garden
    1,290 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 202 Graham Avenue Older adult center
    1,210 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Beyond Natural Market Supermarket
    690 feet
  2. Bravo Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 38 places to eat and 17 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Bushwick Avenue or Meserole Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, 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.