Bushwick Avenue & Varet Street

Bushwick Avenue and Varet Street meet at a four-way crossing in East Williamsburg, Brooklyn, at the edge of NYCHA's Bushwick development. Between 2021 and 2025, 27 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Williamsburg Charter High School is 580 feet away, and Nos Cuidamos Community Garden is 1,130 feet away. The nearest subway, Montrose Av, is about seven minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places, three of them schools, and 14 places to eat.

Safety record
9 hurt
27 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Montrose Av
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
690 feet
Flushing Av/Bushwick Av · B57
Within a walk
15 places
3 schools, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Bushwick Avenue & Varet Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Montrose Av, 0.3 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Montrose Av L
    0.3 miles
    L

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Flushing Av J, M
    0.3 miles
    J M
  2. Morgan Av L
    0.4 miles
    L

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Flushing Av/Bushwick Av, 690 feet away, for the B57.

  • 12 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Flushing Av/Bushwick Av B57
    690 feet
    B57

Next buses at this stop

  1. B57 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 16 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Bushwick Ave & McKibbin St 21 docks in all
    1,000 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Borinquen Place, 1.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 640 Bushwick Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 10 Montieth Street Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    0.9 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.

  • 9 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 4 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

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
23 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up in 1960.

The corner stands at the edge of NYCHA's Bushwick development.

Since 2014 at least 241 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

Sixteen trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the 'Imperial' thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2017 and May 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Bushwick Avenue

  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM

North side of Varet Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7:30AM-7PM

South side of Varet Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 community center
  • 1 garden
  • 6 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Williamsburg Charter High School
    580 feet
  2. P.S. 147 Isaac Remsen School
    880 feet
  3. Young Women's Leadership School of Brooklyn School
    880 feet
Show all 5
  1. Congregation Luminous Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    1,270 feet
  2. Luminous Bushwick Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Bushwick Playground
    770 feet
  2. Garden Playground
    980 feet
  3. Nos Cuidamos Community Garden
    1,130 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Humboldt Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,140 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Bushwick Library
    790 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Mount Calvary FBH Church House of worship
    330 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Bushwick Pool Swimming pool
    780 feet
  2. Bushwick/Hylan Community Center
    1,150 feet
  3. Older adult center at 9 Noll Street Older adult center
    1,240 feet
Show all 4
  1. Metropolitan Post Office Listed historic place
    1,290 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Bravo Supermarket
    1,240 feet
  2. Green Corner Fish & Farmers Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 14 places to eat and 12 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 corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Bushwick Avenue or Varet 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, NYCHA, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.