Central Avenue & Woodbine Street

Central Avenue and Woodbine Street meet at a four-way crossing in Bushwick (East), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Hope Gardens Community Center is 180 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Gates Av/Central Av, is 620 feet away for the B52, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 14 public places, six of them schools, and two places to eat. About 1,700 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
8 hurt
10 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Jackie Robinson Parkway
1.7 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
620 feet
Gates Av/Central Av · B52
Within a walk
14 places
6 schools, 3 religious buildings and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Central Avenue & Woodbine Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Gates Av/Central Av, 620 feet away, for the B52.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B52 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Central Avenue.

  • 7 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Central Ave & Woodbine St 18 docks in all
    60 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
    0.7 miles
  2. 1510 Gates Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 8 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 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
31 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 37 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 85 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

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

East side of Central Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Central Avenue

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

North side of Woodbine 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 Woodbine Street

  • No parking 6 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

Fourteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 schools
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 1 community center
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 garden
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Achievement First North Brooklyn Preparatory Charter School
    510 feet
  2. P.S. 377 Alejandrina B. de Gautier School
    510 feet
  3. P.S. 299 Thomas Warren Field School
    890 feet
Show all 7
  1. Bushwick United Housing Development Fund Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,090 feet
  2. Math, Engineering and Science Academy Charter High School
    1,200 feet
  3. Bushwick Community High School
    1,310 feet
  4. J.H.S. 291 Roland Hayes School
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Woodbine Street Block Association Garden
    210 feet
  2. Heckscher Playground
    920 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Hope Gardens Community Center
    180 feet
  2. Older adult center at 85 Palmetto Street Older adult center
    1,160 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    1,210 feet
  2. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, 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 Woodbine 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.