Bushwick Avenue & Suydam Street

Bushwick Avenue and Suydam Street meet at a four-way crossing in Bushwick (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 12 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Buena Vida Rehabilitation and Nursing Center is 1,180 feet away. The nearest subway, Myrtle Av, is about five minutes on foot, for the J, M and Z. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places, six of them religious buildings, and 29 places to eat. About 2,300 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
8 hurt
12 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Myrtle Av
1,300 feet · 5 min on foot · J, M, Z
Nearest bus stop
350 feet
Myrtle Av/Bushwick Av · B54
Within a walk
15 places
6 religious buildings, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Bushwick Avenue & Suydam Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Myrtle Av, 1,300 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  1. Myrtle Av J, M, Z
    1,300 feet
    J M Z

Next trains at this station

Outbound
3 lines
  1. J …
  2. M …
  3. Z …
Manhattan
3 lines
  1. J …
  2. M …
  3. Z …

Also within a walk

  1. Central Av M
    0.3 miles
    M
  2. Kosciuszko St J
    0.4 miles
    J

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Jammin' Under the EL” (1999) by Verna Hart at the Myrtle Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Myrtle Av/Bushwick Av, 350 feet away, for the B54.

  • 13 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Myrtle Av/Bushwick Av B54
    350 feet
    B54

Next buses at this stop

  1. B54 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Suydam St & Broadway 32 docks in all
    560 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Borinquen Place, 1.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1199 Myrtle Avenue Gas station
    690 feet
  2. 10 Montieth Street Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 12 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 8 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 4 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11221
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 4
City Council district
34
Police precinct
83
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bushwick (West)
Elevation
59 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 113 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 65 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 27 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2018 and November 2019, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Bushwick Avenue

  • No standing 6 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM

West side of Bushwick Avenue

  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 4PM-7PM

North side of Suydam Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

South side of Suydam Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and two buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission. They were built between 1889 and 1890.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 parks
  • 2 schools
  • 1 library
  • 1 nursing home or hospice

Schools and child care

  1. Wiser Choice Learning Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    990 feet
  2. Bushwick United Early Learn Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    990 feet
  3. Ebc High School for Public Service - Bushwick School
    1,100 feet
Show all 5
  1. The Learning Experience Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,160 feet
  2. Bushwick Leaders High School for Academic Excellence School
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Freedom Triangle
    320 feet
  2. Beattie Square
    1,280 feet

Health care

  1. Buena Vida Rehabilitation and Nursing Center Nursing home or hospice
    1,180 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Dekalb Library
    1,090 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 29 places to eat and 20 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 16 corners within a three-minute walk:

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