Central Avenue & Cedar Street

Central Avenue and Cedar Street meet at a three-way junction in Bushwick (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Buena Vida Rehabilitation and Nursing Center is 870 feet away. The nearest subway, Central Av, is about a minute on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 20 public places, ten of them religious buildings, and 28 places to eat. About 2,000 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
3 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Central Av
250 feet · 1 min on foot · M
Nearest bus stop
160 feet
Myrtle Av/De Kalb Av · B54, M90, T410
Within a walk
20 places
10 religious buildings, 5 day care or pre-K sites and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Central Avenue & Cedar Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Central Av, 250 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Central Av M
    250 feet
    M

Next trains at this station

Inbound
1 line
  1. M …
Middle Village
1 line
  1. M …

Also within a walk

  1. Knickerbocker Av M
    0.4 miles
    M
  2. Kosciuszko St J
    0.5 miles
    J

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Generation Dynamica” (2013) by George Bates at the Central Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Myrtle Av/De Kalb Av, 160 feet away, for the B54, M90 and T410.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Myrtle Av/De Kalb Av B54, M90, T410
    160 feet
    B54 M90 T410

Next buses at this stop

  1. B54 …
  2. M90 …
  3. T410 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Central Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Cedar St & Myrtle Ave 27 docks in all
    260 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Borinquen Place, 2.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1199 Myrtle Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 73 Starr Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 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 (West)
Elevation
43 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 2,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 127 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 64 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2016 and June 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Cedar Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of Cedar Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Central Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Romanesque Revival, and built between 1894 and 1895.

  1. 20th Precinct Police Station House and Stable Designated landmark
    740 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twenty public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 10 religious buildings
  • 5 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 gardens
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 nursing home or hospice
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Bushwick United Head Start Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    50 feet
  2. Bushwick United Housing Development Fund Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    820 feet
  3. Bushwick United Early Learn Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    850 feet
Show all 5
  1. Brooklyn United Children Preschool
    910 feet
  2. Kid's Canvas Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,090 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Know Waste Lands Garden
    210 feet
  2. Stockholm Street Garden
    690 feet
  3. Fermi Playground
    990 feet

Health care

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

Houses of worship

  1. Sinai Christian Church House of worship
    1,240 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 218 Fire station
    400 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    200 feet
  2. Met Fresh Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 28 places to eat and 17 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Cedar Street or Central Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, 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.