Central Avenue & Grove Street

Central Avenue and Grove Street meet at a four-way crossing in Bushwick (East), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 14 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Heckscher Playground is 140 feet away, and Hope Gardens Community Center is 1,000 feet away. The nearest subway, Knickerbocker Av, is about eight minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 14 public places, five of them religious buildings, and three places to eat.

Safety record
5 hurt
14 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Knickerbocker Av
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · M
Nearest bus stop
610 feet
Gates Av/Central Av · B52
Within a walk
14 places
5 religious buildings, 2 gardens and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Central Avenue & Grove Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Knickerbocker Av, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Knickerbocker Av M
    0.4 miles
    M

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Gates Av J, Z
    0.4 miles
    J Z
  2. Central Av M
    0.4 miles
    M

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “The Digs” (2013) by Cal Lane at the Knickerbocker Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Gates Av/Central Av, 610 feet away, for the B52.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Gates Av/Central Av B52
    610 feet
    B52

Next buses at this stop

  1. B52 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Central Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Menahan St & Central Ave 25 docks in all
    420 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 1.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1517 Myrtle Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 1510 Gates Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 14 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 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
34 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 37 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 70 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the littleleaf linden.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2016 and December 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

West side of Central Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Grove Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

South side of Grove Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Spanish Colonial Revival, and built between 1907 and 1910.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fourteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 2 gardens
  • 2 schools
  • 1 community center
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Bushwick United Housing Development Fund Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    50 feet
  2. Success Academy Charter School - Bushwick School
    680 feet
  3. P.S. 075 Mayda Cortiella School
    850 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Heckscher Playground
    140 feet
  2. Hope Ballfield Park
    1,020 feet
  3. Concerned Citizens of Grove Street Community Garden
    1,120 feet
Show all 4
  1. Woodbine Street Block Association Garden
    1,260 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Barbaras RC Church Landmark
    460 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 195 Linden Street Older adult center
    930 feet
  2. Hope Gardens Community Center
    1,000 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    170 feet
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Met Fresh Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.5 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 nine food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Central Avenue or Grove 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.