Bushwick Avenue & Metropolitan Avenue

Bushwick Avenue and Metropolitan Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in East Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 32 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Bushwick War Memorial is 90 feet away. The nearest subway, Graham Av, is about two minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 18 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and 46 places to eat. About 2,300 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
16 hurt
32 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Graham Av
620 feet · 2 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
150 feet
Woodpoint Rd/Conselyea St · B24
Within a walk
18 places
8 religious buildings, 4 gardens and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Bushwick Avenue & Metropolitan Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Graham Av, 620 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Graham Av L
    620 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
    1,030 feet
    L
  2. Metropolitan Av/Lorimer St G, L
    0.4 miles
    G L

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Woodpoint Rd/Conselyea St, 150 feet away, for the B24.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Woodpoint Rd/Conselyea St B24
    150 feet
    B24

Next buses at this stop

  1. B24 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Bushwick Ave & Powers St 32 docks in all
    870 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, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 65 Kingsland Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 444 Graham Avenue Charging for electric cars, 12 Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 1074 Grand Street Fast charging for electric cars
    0.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 32 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 16 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 3 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11211
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 1
City Council district
34
Police precinct
90 and 94 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East Williamsburg
Elevation
37 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

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

Since 2014 at least 79 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 63 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the Kentucky coffeetree and the shingle oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 29 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2015 and August 2025, 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 parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 4PM-7PM

North side of Metropolitan Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM

South side of Metropolitan Avenue

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 10:30AM-11:30AM
  • No standing 8 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 4PM-7PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eighteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 8 religious buildings
  • 4 gardens
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 parks
  • 1 monument or memorial
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Nysarc NYC - Francis of Paola School
    380 feet
  2. NYSARC Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    540 feet
  3. Carrig Montessori Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,020 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Memorial Gore Park
    60 feet
  2. Orient Grove Garden
    570 feet
  3. Red Shed Community Garden
    770 feet
Show all 6
  1. Cooper Park
    1,000 feet
  2. Powers Street Garden
    1,070 feet
  3. Olive Street Garden
    1,300 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Bushwick War Memorial Monument or memorial
    90 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Francis of Paola Church House of worship
    330 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    270 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    640 feet
  3. Bravo Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 46 places to eat and 15 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 18 corners within a three-minute walk:

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