Central Avenue & Forrest Street

Central Avenue and Forrest Street meet at a three-way junction in Bushwick (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Police Service Area #3 is 240 feet away. The nearest subway, Morgan Av, is about six minutes on foot, for the L. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, two of them religious buildings, and 40 places to eat. About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 2002 and 2019, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
1 hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Morgan Av
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
270 feet
Flushing Av/Evergreen Av · B57
Within a walk
9 places
2 religious buildings, 2 schools and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Central Avenue & Forrest Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  1. Morgan Av L
    0.3 miles
    L

Next trains at this station

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Flushing Av/Evergreen Av, 270 feet away, for the B57.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Flushing Av/Evergreen Av B57
    270 feet
    B57

Next buses at this stop

  1. B57 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Central Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Central Ave & Flushing Ave 21 docks in all
    230 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Borinquen Place, 1.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1119 Flushing Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 150 Noll Street Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    1,140 feet
  3. 1074 Grand Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1 mile

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11206
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 4
City Council district
34
Police precinct
83
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bushwick (West)
Elevation
36 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,300 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 between 2002 and 2019.

Since 2014 at least 167 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 95 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2014 and February 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Central Avenue

  • Authorized vehicles only 3 signs AVO POLICE DEPARTMENT

West side of Central Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 3AM-6AM

North side of Forrest Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 3AM-6AM

South side of Forrest Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 3AM-6AM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 8AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 garden
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 145 Andrew Jackson School
    520 feet
  2. Williamsburg Charter High School
    1,210 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Green Central Knoll Park
    50 feet
  2. Green Central Knoll Playground
    80 feet
  3. La Finca Community Garden
    1,110 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at 54 Noll Street / One Bushwick Public space
    1,100 feet

Fire and police

  1. Police Service Area #3 Police station
    240 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    1,090 feet
  2. Green Corner Fish & Farmers Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. City Fresh Market Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 40 places to eat and nine 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 of the 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Central Avenue or Forrest 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.