Central Avenue & Cornelia Street

Central Avenue and Cornelia Street meet at a four-way crossing in Bushwick (East), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 19 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. P.S. 106 Edward Everett Hale is 850 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Wilson Av/Cornelia St, is 790 feet away for the B60, and seven bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, three of them schools, and five places to eat. About 1,800 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
6 hurt
19 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Jackie Robinson Parkway
1.5 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
790 feet
Wilson Av/Cornelia St · B60
Within a walk
8 places
3 schools, 2 religious buildings and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Central Avenue & Cornelia Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Wilson Av/Cornelia St, 790 feet away, for the B60.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Wilson Av/Cornelia St B60
    790 feet
    B60

Next buses at this stop

  1. B60 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Central Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Central Ave & Woodbine St 18 docks in all
    740 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 1.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 952 Wyckoff Avenue Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 342 Eldert Street Charging for electric cars, 21 Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 1074 Grand Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 19 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 6 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 4 of those hurt, on a bike

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
37
Police precinct
83
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bushwick (East)
Elevation
33 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 23 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
  • 34 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2016 and August 2020, 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 Cornelia Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of Cornelia Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 schools
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 community center
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 garden

Schools and child care

  1. Kreative Kare Day Care Center Preschool · Pre-K
    730 feet
  2. P.S. 106 Edward Everett Hale School
    850 feet
  3. Achievement First North Brooklyn Preparatory Charter School
    1,110 feet
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  1. P.S. 377 Alejandrina B. de Gautier School
    1,110 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Woodbine Street Block Association Garden
    810 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Hope Gardens Community Center
    960 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

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