Bushwick Avenue & Powers Street

Bushwick Avenue and Powers Street meet at a four-way crossing in East Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Williamsburg Houses stands 640 feet away. The nearest subway, Grand St, is about a minute on foot, for the L. Within a five-minute walk are 14 public places, six of them religious buildings, and 42 places to eat. About 2,200 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Grand St
230 feet · 1 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
270 feet
Bushwick Av/Grand St · L90
Within a walk
14 places
6 religious buildings, 4 schools and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Bushwick Avenue & Powers Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Grand St, 230 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  1. Grand St L
    230 feet
    L

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Graham Av L
    0.3 miles
    L
  2. Montrose Av L
    0.3 miles
    L

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Gratitudes off Grand” (2023) by Glendalys Medina at the Grand St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Bushwick Av/Grand St, 270 feet away, for the L90.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bushwick Av/Grand St L90
    270 feet
    L90

Next buses at this stop

  1. L90 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Bushwick Ave & Powers St 32 docks in all
    70 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, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 65 Kingsland Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 1074 Grand Street Charging for electric cars, four fast chargers
    0.5 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. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2024.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, January 2017

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11211
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 1
City Council district
34
Police precinct
90
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East Williamsburg
Elevation
44 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 72 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 37 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 30 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2016 and January 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Bushwick Avenue

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of Bushwick Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Powers Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of Powers Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 308980.

Landmarks and historic districts

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

  1. Williamsburg Houses Designated landmark
    640 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fourteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 4 schools
  • 2 gardens
  • 1 monument or memorial
  • 1 park

Schools and child care

  1. East Williamsburg Scholars Academy School
    820 feet
  2. Progress High School for Professional Careers School
    820 feet
  3. The High School for Enterprise, Business and Technology School
    820 feet
Show all 4
  1. Nysarc NYC - Francis of Paola School
    1,180 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Powers Street Garden
    340 feet
  2. Olive Street Garden
    650 feet
  3. Memorial Gore Park
    860 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Bushwick War Memorial Monument or memorial
    880 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St John Evangelist Lutheran Church Listed historic place
    900 feet
  2. St Francis of Paola Church House of worship
    1,130 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,080 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Bravo Supermarket
    600 feet
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    1,080 feet
  3. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 42 places to eat and 14 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Bushwick Avenue or Powers Street.

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, 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.