Central Avenue & Chauncey Street

Central Avenue and Chauncey Street meet at a three-way junction in Bushwick (East), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. The Squad 252 firehouse is 960 feet away. The nearest subway, Wilson Av, is about four minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, three of them religious buildings, and three places to eat. About 900 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
1 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Wilson Av
1,020 feet · 4 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
640 feet
Cooper St/Central Av · B60
Within a walk
6 places
3 religious buildings, 1 fire station and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Central Avenue & Chauncey Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Wilson Av, 1,020 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Wilson Av L
    1,020 feet
    L

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Chauncey St J, Z
    0.5 miles
    J Z
  2. Bushwick Av-Aberdeen St L
    0.5 miles
    L

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Cooper St/Central Av, 640 feet away, for the B60.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Cooper St/Central Av B60
    640 feet
    B60

Next buses at this stop

  1. B60 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 3 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Central Ave & Decatur St 24 docks in all
    780 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 1 mile by car along the streets.

  1. 1534 Bushwick Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 342 Eldert Street Charging for electric cars, 21 Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles
  3. 66-26 Metropolitan Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    2.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11207
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 4
City Council district
37
Police precinct
83
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bushwick (East)
Elevation
58 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Trees

NYC Parks records 24 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 25 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2016 and January 2022, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Central Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

West side of Central Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

North side of Chauncey Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 6AM-6PM

South side of Chauncey Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-4PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Six public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Achievement First Charter School Ujima High School
    1,200 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Wilson Avenue Subway Station (Dual System BMT) Listed historic place
    1,140 feet

Fire and police

  1. Squad 252 Fire station
    960 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Marketplace of Bushwick Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are three places to eat and seven 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, five of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Central Avenue or Chauncey 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, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.