Central Avenue & Moffat Street

Central Avenue and Moffat Street meet at a four-way crossing in Bushwick (East), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 25 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Achievement First Charter School Ujima High School is 940 feet away. The nearest subway, Wilson Av, is about three minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, four of them religious buildings, and six places to eat. About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
9 hurt
25 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Wilson Av
760 feet · 3 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
380 feet
Cooper St/Central Av · B60
Within a walk
8 places
4 religious buildings, 2 schools and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Central Avenue & Moffat Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Wilson Av, 760 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Wilson Av L
    760 feet
    L

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Chauncey St J, Z
    0.4 miles
    J Z

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Cooper St/Central Av, 380 feet away, for the B60.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Cooper St/Central Av B60
    380 feet
    B60

Next buses at this stop

  1. B60 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on Central Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Central Ave & Decatur St 24 docks in all
    520 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1534 Bushwick Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 342 Eldert Street Charging for electric cars, 21 Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 66-26 Metropolitan Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    2.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 25 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 9 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 March 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11207
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 4
City Council district
37
Police precinct
83
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bushwick (East)
Elevation
55 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 15 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 40 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the Japanese zelkova and the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2017 and January 2022, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Central Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

West side of Central Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

North side of Moffat Street

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY NOON-1:30PM

South side of Moffat Street

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

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Flemish Revival, and built between 1896 and 1897.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 listed historic place

Schools and child care

  1. Achievement First Charter School Ujima High School
    940 feet
  2. P.S. /I.S. 384 Frances E. Carter School
    1,080 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Wilson Avenue Subway Station (Dual System BMT) Listed historic place
    880 feet

Fire and police

  1. Squad 252 Fire station · landmark
    700 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Marketplace of Bushwick Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are six places to eat and eight 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 Moffat 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.