Central Avenue & Troutman Street

Central Avenue and Troutman Street meet at a four-way crossing in Bushwick (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 24 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Fermi Playground is 50 feet away. The nearest subway, Central Av, is about six minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 20 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and 25 places to eat. About 2,000 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
7 hurt
24 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Central Av
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · M
Nearest bus stop
790 feet
Wilson Av/Troutman St · B60
Within a walk
20 places
8 religious buildings, 6 schools and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Central Avenue & Troutman Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Central Av M
    0.3 miles
    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
    0.4 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/Troutman St, 790 feet away, for the B60.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Wilson Av/Troutman St B60
    790 feet
    B60

Next buses at this stop

  1. B60 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Central Ave & Starr St 23 docks in all
    250 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. 640 Bushwick Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 73 Starr Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    1,200 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 24 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, July 2025

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
63 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 51 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 85 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 39 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2016 and February 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Central Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY NOON-1:30PM

West side of Central Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY NOON-1:30PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Troutman Street

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

South side of Troutman Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY NOON-1:30PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twenty public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 8 religious buildings
  • 6 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 garden
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Achievement First University Prep High School
    580 feet
  2. Achievement First Voyager Charter School
    580 feet
  3. I.S. 347 School of Humanities School
    580 feet
Show all 7
  1. I.S. 349 Math, Science & Tech. School
    580 feet
  2. Brooklyn United Children - Wilson School
    790 feet
  3. Bushwick United Head Start Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    810 feet
  4. P.S. 145 Andrew Jackson School
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Fermi Playground
    50 feet
  2. EL Garden
    590 feet
  3. Green Central Knoll Park
    1,080 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 218 Fire station
    1,120 feet
  2. Police Service Area #3 Police station
    1,180 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. City Fresh Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Foodtown 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 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 Troutman 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 Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.