Central Avenue & Melrose Street

Central Avenue and Melrose Street meet at a four-way crossing in Bushwick (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Brooklyn corner. Police Service Area #3 is 650 feet away. The nearest subway, Central Av, is about eight minutes on foot, and four subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 16 public places, six of them schools, and 25 places to eat. About 1,800 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
2 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Central Av
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · M
Nearest bus stop
770 feet
Wilson Av/Melrose St · B60
Within a walk
16 places
6 schools, 4 religious buildings and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Central Avenue & Melrose Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Central 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. Morgan Av L
    0.4 miles
    L
  2. Myrtle Av J, M, Z
    0.5 miles
    J M Z

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/Melrose St, 770 feet away, for the B60.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B60 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Central Avenue.

  • 19 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
    50 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 seven crashes at this corner, the median for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 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
54 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 54 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 55 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2017 and June 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Central Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 3AM-6AM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY NOON-1:30PM

West side of Central Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 3AM-6AM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY NOON-1:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Melrose Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY NOON-1:30PM

South side of Melrose Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY NOON-1:30PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Sixteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 145 Andrew Jackson School
    770 feet
  2. Bushwick United Head Start Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,060 feet
  3. Achievement First University Prep High School
    1,110 feet
Show all 7
  1. Achievement First Voyager Charter School
    1,110 feet
  2. I.S. 347 School of Humanities School
    1,110 feet
  3. I.S. 349 Math, Science & Tech. School
    1,110 feet
  4. Brooklyn United Children - Wilson School
    1,170 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Green Central Knoll Park
    550 feet
  2. Fermi Playground
    570 feet
  3. EL Garden
    760 feet
Show all 4
  1. Green Central Knoll Playground
    850 feet

Fire and police

  1. Police Service Area #3 Police station
    650 feet

Supermarkets

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 25 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 nearest corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Central Avenue or Melrose 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.