Central Avenue & Cooper Street

Central Avenue and Cooper Street meet at a four-way crossing in Bushwick (East), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 23 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. P.S. /I.S. 384 Frances E. Carter is 1,070 feet away, and Achivement First Bushwick Charter School Elementary School is 1,130 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 12 public places, five of them schools, and seven places to eat.

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

Map

Layers
Central Avenue & Cooper 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
    0.4 miles
    J Z

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Cooper St/Central Av, 130 feet away, for the B60.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B60 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on Central Avenue.

  • 6 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 23 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 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
47 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 15 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 58 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2017 and May 2022, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Central Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

West side of Central Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

North side of Cooper Street

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY NOON-1:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Cooper Street

  • No standing 10 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Flemish Revival, and built between 1896 and 1897.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 schools
  • 4 religious buildings
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 garden
  • 1 listed historic place

Schools and child care

  1. Achievement First Charter School Ujima High School
    680 feet
  2. P.S. /I.S. 384 Frances E. Carter School
    1,070 feet
  3. Achivement First Bushwick Charter School Elementary School
    1,130 feet
Show all 5
  1. Evergreen Middle School for Urban Exploration School
    1,130 feet
  2. P.S./I.S. 045 Horace E. Greene School
    1,250 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Decatur Street Community Garden
    1,180 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 · landmark
    440 feet

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are seven places to eat and 12 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Central Avenue or Cooper Street.

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.