Cypress Avenue & Dekalb Avenue

Cypress Avenue and Dekalb Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Bushwick (West), Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 20 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. In 2025, 31 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. J.H.S. 162 the Willoughby is 1,050 feet away. The nearest subway, DeKalb Av, is about four minutes on foot, for the L. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, two of them religious buildings, and 23 places to eat.

Safety record
6 hurt
20 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
DeKalb Av
990 feet · 4 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
390 feet
De Kalb Av/Saint Nicholas Av · B38
Within a walk
8 places
2 religious buildings, 2 schools and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Cypress Avenue & Dekalb Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is DeKalb Av, 990 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  1. DeKalb Av L
    990 feet
    L

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. L …
Outbound
1 line
  1. L …

Also within a walk

  1. Jefferson St L
    0.4 miles
    L

Bus

The nearest bus stop is De Kalb Av/Saint Nicholas Av, 390 feet away, for the B38.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. De Kalb Av/Saint Nicholas Av B38
    390 feet
    B38

Next buses at this stop

  1. B38 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Onderdonk Ave & Dekalb Ave 17 docks in all
    970 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway westbound at Vermont Place & J Robinson Parkway, 1.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 18-84 Flushing Avenue Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 1510 Gates Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.8 miles
  3. 1074 Grand Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 20 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 31 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 1,867th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 20 more were issued.

Every corner with speed camera tickets

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11385
Community board
Queens Community Board 5
City Council district
34 and 37 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
83 and 104 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bushwick (West)
Elevation
73 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 1,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1930 and 1931.

Since 2014 at least 9 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 62 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2020 and March 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Dekalb Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

South side of Dekalb Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 hospital
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 post office

Schools and child care

  1. Inspire Kids Early Childhood Development Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    550 feet
  2. Learners and Leaders School
    800 feet
  3. J.H.S. 162 the Willoughby School
    1,050 feet

Health care

  1. Wyckoff Heights Medical Center Hospital
    1,190 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Willoughby-Suydam Historic District Listed historic place
    1,310 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Wyckoff Heights Post Office
    1,160 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    640 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 23 places to eat and 15 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 of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Cypress Avenue or Dekalb Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC Finance, MTA, NYC DOT, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, 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.