Central Avenue & Palmetto Street

Central Avenue and Palmetto Street meet at a four-way crossing in Bushwick (East), Brooklyn. The corner is also named Anthony Aristedes Delgado Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 14 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Heckscher Playground is 660 feet away. The nearest subway, Gates Av, is about ten minutes on foot, for the J and Z. Within a five-minute walk are 19 public places, six of them schools, and five places to eat. About 1,600 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
7 hurt
14 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Gates Av
0.5 miles · 10 min on foot · J, Z
Nearest bus stop
360 feet
Gates Av/Central Av · B52
Within a walk
19 places
6 schools, 5 religious buildings and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Central Avenue & Palmetto Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Gates Av, 0.5 miles from this corner, about ten minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Gates Av J, Z
    0.5 miles
    J Z

Next trains at this station

Outbound
2 lines
  1. J …
  2. Z …
Manhattan
2 lines
  1. J …
  2. Z …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Dream Train” (2002) by Chris Wade Robinson at the Gates Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Gates Av/Central Av, 360 feet away, for the B52.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B52 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Central Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Central Ave & Woodbine St 18 docks in all
    320 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 1.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1517 Myrtle Avenue Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 1510 Gates Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 1074 Grand Street Fast charging for electric cars
    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.

  • 6 people injured
  • 1 person killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Turn calming, September 2023

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
33 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Anthony Aristedes Delgado Way, a co-naming enacted on December 28, 2009 (Local Law 92 of 2009).

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 28 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 79 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Anthony Aristedes Delgado Way.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 34 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2018 and January 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Central Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

West side of Central Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

North side of Palmetto Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY NOON-1:30PM

South side of Palmetto Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY NOON-1:30PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nineteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 schools
  • 5 religious buildings
  • 3 older adult centers
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 community center
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Achievement First North Brooklyn Preparatory Charter School
    770 feet
  2. P.S. 377 Alejandrina B. de Gautier School
    770 feet
  3. Bushwick United Housing Development Fund Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    830 feet
Show all 8
  1. Math, Engineering and Science Academy Charter High School
    940 feet
  2. Bushwick Community High School
    1,040 feet
  3. J.H.S. 291 Roland Hayes School
    1,040 feet
  4. P.S. 299 Thomas Warren Field School
    1,150 feet
  5. Early Life Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,220 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Woodbine Street Block Association Garden
    470 feet
  2. Heckscher Playground
    660 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Barbaras RC Church House of worship
    1,240 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Hope Gardens Community Center
    220 feet
  2. Older adult center at 85 Palmetto Street Older adult center
    940 feet
  3. Older adult center at 195 Linden Street Older adult center
    1,190 feet
Show all 4
  1. Older adult center at 1175 Gates Avenue Older adult center
    1,310 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    950 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are five places to eat and ten food stores.

Not on record for this corner: 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 Palmetto Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, NYC Records, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.