Central Avenue & Weirfield Street

Central Avenue and Weirfield Street meet at a four-way crossing in Bushwick (East), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 18 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Irving Square Park is 720 feet away, and Achievement First Charter School Ujima High School is 1,010 feet away. The nearest subway, Halsey St, is about eight minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, five of them religious buildings, and seven places to eat.

Safety record
7 hurt
18 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Halsey St
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · J
Nearest bus stop
360 feet
Halsey St/Central Av · B26
Within a walk
12 places
5 religious buildings, 3 schools and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Central Avenue & Weirfield Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Halsey St, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Halsey St J
    0.4 miles
    J

Next trains at this station

Outbound
1 line
  1. J …
Manhattan
1 line
  1. J …

Also within a walk

  1. Wilson Av L
    0.5 miles
    L

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “SOL'SCRYPTT” (2008) by SOL'SAX at the Halsey St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Halsey St/Central Av, 360 feet away, for the B26.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Halsey St/Central Av B26
    360 feet
    B26

Next buses at this stop

  1. B26 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Central Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Central Ave & Weirfield St 21 docks in all
    40 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 1.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 952 Wyckoff Avenue Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 342 Eldert Street Charging for electric cars, 21 Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 1074 Grand Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 18 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

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
34 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.

Trees

NYC Parks records 47 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2019 and October 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Central Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Central Avenue

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

North side of Weirfield Street

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

South side of Weirfield Street

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 park

Schools and child care

  1. Achivement First Bushwick Charter School Elementary School
    860 feet
  2. Evergreen Middle School for Urban Exploration School
    860 feet
  3. Achievement First Charter School Ujima High School
    1,010 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Irving Square Park
    720 feet
  2. Tiger Playground
    960 feet
  3. Irving Square Park Playground
    1,310 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Trinity United Presbyterian Church House of worship
    780 feet

Fire and police

  1. Squad 252 Fire station
    1,290 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are seven places to eat and ten 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 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Central Avenue or Weirfield 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.