Bushwick Avenue & Montrose Avenue

Bushwick Avenue and Montrose Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in East Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 27 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. P.S. 196 Ten Eyck is 450 feet away. The nearest subway, Montrose Av, is about a minute on foot, for the L. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, five of them religious buildings, and 27 places to eat. About 1,900 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
18 hurt
27 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Montrose Av
80 feet · 1 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
60 feet
Montrose Av/Bushwick Av · B60
Within a walk
13 places
5 religious buildings, 5 schools and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Bushwick Avenue & Montrose Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Montrose Av, 80 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  1. Montrose Av L
    80 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
  2. Morgan Av L
    0.5 miles
    L

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Montrose Av/Bushwick Av, 60 feet away, for the B60.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Montrose Av/Bushwick Av B60
    60 feet
    B60

Next buses at this stop

  1. B60 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 60 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
    90 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, 1 mile 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
    0.5 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 27 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 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
38 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 88 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 34 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the thornless honeylocust and the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2015 and January 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Bushwick Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM

West side of Bushwick Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 4PM-7PM

North side of Montrose Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Montrose Avenue

  • Carshare only 1 sign CARSHARE PARKING ONLY OTHERS NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are two Individual Landmarks, and three buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Modern. They were built between 1887 and 1938.

  1. Williamsburg Houses Designated landmark
    710 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 5 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 library
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Creative Academy Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    110 feet
  2. M.S. 582 School
    450 feet
  3. P.S. 196 Ten Eyck School
    450 feet
Show all 6
  1. Brownsville Collegiate Charter School
    1,150 feet
  2. P.S. 147 Isaac Remsen School
    1,180 feet
  3. Young Women's Leadership School of Brooklyn School
    1,180 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Ten Eyck Playground
    530 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Bushwick Library
    1,200 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Most Holy Trinity Church St Mary House of worship
    1,240 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Beyond Natural Market Supermarket
    410 feet
  2. Bravo Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 27 places to eat and 15 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Bushwick Avenue or Montrose Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYCHA, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.