Central Avenue & Schaefer Street

Central Avenue and Schaefer Street meet at a four-way crossing in Bushwick (East), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 12 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Achievement First Charter School Ujima High School is 160 feet away. The nearest subway, Wilson Av, is about six minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, four of them religious buildings, and nine places to eat. About 1,700 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
5 hurt
12 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Wilson Av
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
120 feet
Schaefer St/Central Av · B20
Within a walk
11 places
4 religious buildings, 4 schools and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Central Avenue & Schaefer Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Wilson Av L
    0.3 miles
    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
    0.5 miles
    J Z

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Schaefer St/Central Av, 120 feet away, for the B20.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Schaefer St/Central Av B20
    120 feet
    B20

Next buses at this stop

  1. B20 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Central Avenue.

  • 11 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
    300 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 1.2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1534 Bushwick Avenue Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 342 Eldert Street Charging for electric cars, 21 Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 12 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 5 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.

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
48 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 18 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 50 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2017 and February 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Central Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Central Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING FIRE ZONE

North side of Schaefer Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 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, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 4 schools
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 fire station

Schools and child care

  1. Achievement First Charter School Ujima High School
    160 feet
  2. Achivement First Bushwick Charter School Elementary School
    600 feet
  3. Evergreen Middle School for Urban Exploration School
    600 feet
Show all 4
  1. P.S./I.S. 045 Horace E. Greene School
    900 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Tiger Playground
    920 feet
  2. Evergreen Playground
    1,240 feet

Fire and police

  1. Squad 252 Fire station · landmark
    250 feet

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are nine places to eat and 15 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Central Avenue or Schaefer 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.