Central Avenue & Jefferson Street

Central Avenue and Jefferson Street meet at a four-way crossing in Bushwick (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 14 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. EL Garden is 490 feet away. The nearest subway, Central Av, is about seven minutes on foot, and four subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 20 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and 23 places to eat. About 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
8 hurt
14 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Central Av
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · M
Nearest bus stop
770 feet
Wilson Av/Jefferson St · B60
Within a walk
20 places
8 religious buildings, 6 schools and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Central Avenue & Jefferson Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Central Av M
    0.3 miles
    M

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Myrtle Av J, M, Z
    0.4 miles
    J M Z
  2. Morgan Av L
    0.5 miles
    L

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Generation Dynamica” (2013) by George Bates at the Central Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Wilson Av/Jefferson St, 770 feet away, for the B60.

  • 12 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Wilson Av/Jefferson St B60
    770 feet
    B60

Next buses at this stop

  1. B60 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Central Avenue.

  • 17 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 5 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Central Ave & Melrose St 17 docks in all
    240 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway westbound at Meeker Avenue & Graham Avenue at Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, 2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 640 Bushwick Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 73 Starr Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. 1074 Grand Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.2 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.

  • 8 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2025.

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
59 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 34 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 67 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2017 and September 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Central Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY NOON-1:30PM

West side of Central Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY NOON-1:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Jefferson Street

  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY NOON-1:30PM

South side of Jefferson Street

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY NOON-1:30PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twenty public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 8 religious buildings
  • 6 schools
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 garden
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Bushwick United Head Start Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    790 feet
  2. Achievement First University Prep High School
    840 feet
  3. Achievement First Voyager Charter School
    840 feet
Show all 7
  1. I.S. 347 School of Humanities School
    840 feet
  2. I.S. 349 Math, Science & Tech. School
    840 feet
  3. Brooklyn United Children - Wilson School
    910 feet
  4. P.S. 145 Andrew Jackson School
    1,040 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Fermi Playground
    310 feet
  2. EL Garden
    490 feet
  3. Green Central Knoll Park
    820 feet
Show all 4
  1. Green Central Knoll Playground
    1,120 feet

Fire and police

  1. Police Service Area #3 Police station
    920 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. City Fresh Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 23 places to eat and 11 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 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Central Avenue or Jefferson 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.