Central Avenue & Starr Street

Central Avenue and Starr Street meet at a four-way crossing in Bushwick (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Achievement First University Prep High School is 530 feet away. The nearest subway, Central Av, is about five minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 18 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and 26 places to eat. About 2,000 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
3 hurt
11 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Central Av
1,190 feet · 5 min on foot · M
Nearest bus stop
760 feet
Wilson Av/Starr St · B60
Within a walk
18 places
8 religious buildings, 5 schools and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Central Avenue & Starr Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Central Av, 1,190 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Central Av M
    1,190 feet
    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
    0.5 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/Starr St, 760 feet away, for the B60.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Wilson Av/Starr St B60 · Shelter
    760 feet
    B60
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B60 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Central Avenue and Starr Street.

  • 15 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Central Ave & Starr St 23 docks in all
    50 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Borinquen Place, 2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1199 Myrtle Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 73 Starr Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    940 feet
  3. 1074 Grand Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 11 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11221
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 4
City Council district
34
Police precinct
83
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bushwick (West)
Elevation
65 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 66 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 80 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2017 and February 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Central Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

North side of Starr Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

South side of Starr Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eighteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 8 religious buildings
  • 5 schools
  • 2 gardens
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Achievement First University Prep High School
    530 feet
  2. Achievement First Voyager Charter School
    530 feet
  3. I.S. 347 School of Humanities School
    530 feet
Show all 6
  1. I.S. 349 Math, Science & Tech. School
    530 feet
  2. Bushwick United Head Start Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    890 feet
  3. Brooklyn United Children - Wilson School
    1,050 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Fermi Playground
    50 feet
  2. EL Garden
    850 feet
  3. Know Waste Lands Garden
    1,150 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 218 Fire station
    860 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    1,140 feet
  2. City Fresh Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 26 places to eat and 16 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 Starr 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.