Bushwick Avenue & Van Buren Street

Bushwick Avenue and Van Buren Street meet at a three-way junction in Bushwick (East), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 26 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. The People's Garden is 660 feet away. The nearest subway, Kosciuszko St, is about five minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and ten places to eat. About 2,300 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
25 hurt
26 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Kosciuszko St
1,180 feet · 5 min on foot · J
Nearest bus stop
550 feet
Kossuth Pl/Bushwick Av · B38
Within a walk
15 places
8 religious buildings, 3 gardens and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Bushwick Avenue & Van Buren Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Kosciuszko St, 1,180 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Kosciuszko St J
    1,180 feet
    J

Next trains at this station

Outbound
1 line
  1. J …
Manhattan
1 line
  1. J …

Also within a walk

  1. Gates Av J, Z
    0.3 miles
    J Z
  2. Central Av M
    0.5 miles
    M

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Euphorbias” (2002) by Ronald Calloway at the Kosciuszko St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Kossuth Pl/Bushwick Av, 550 feet away, for the B38.

  • 12 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Kossuth Pl/Bushwick Av B38
    550 feet
    B38

Next buses at this stop

  1. B38 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Bushwick Ave & Harman St 25 docks in all
    120 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 1.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 8 Malcolm X Boulevard Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 824 Lexington Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 26 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 25 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11221
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 4
City Council district
34 and 37 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
83
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bushwick (East)
Elevation
57 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 120 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 51 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

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

West side of Bushwick Avenue

  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 4PM-7PM

North side of Van Buren Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Van Buren Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are two Individual Landmarks, and four buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission. They were built between 1853 and 1908.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 8 religious buildings
  • 3 gardens
  • 2 schools
  • 1 library
  • 1 listed historic place

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 274 Kosciusko School
    1,030 feet
  2. Bushwick Leaders High School for Academic Excellence School
    1,210 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. The People's Garden
    660 feet
  2. Concerned Citizens of Grove Street Community Garden
    1,210 feet
  3. Good Life Garden
    1,250 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. South Bushwick Reformed Protestant Dutch Church Complex Listed historic place
    600 feet
  2. Dekalb Library
    1,210 feet

Houses of worship

  1. South Bushwick Reformed Church Landmark
    440 feet
  2. Calvary & St Cyprians Church House of worship
    650 feet
  3. Sinai Christian Church House of worship
    1,190 feet

Bank branches

  1. Flagstar Bank Bank branch
    1,170 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    1,170 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Met Fresh Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    1,190 feet

Food stores and places to eat

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

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 14 corners within a three-minute walk:

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