Cypress Avenue & Hart Street

Cypress Avenue and Hart Street meet at a four-way crossing in Bushwick (West), Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Wyckoff Heights Post Office is 1,140 feet away. The nearest subway, DeKalb Av, is about five minutes on foot, for the L. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, two of them schools, and 20 places to eat. About 1,400 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1930 and 1935, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
1 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
DeKalb Av
1,230 feet · 5 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
650 feet
De Kalb Av/Saint Nicholas Av · B38
Within a walk
7 places
2 schools, 1 day care or pre-K site and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Cypress Avenue & Hart Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is DeKalb Av, 1,230 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  1. DeKalb Av L
    1,230 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
    0.3 miles
    L

Bus

The nearest bus stop is De Kalb Av/Saint Nicholas Av, 650 feet away, for the B38.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B38 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Suydam St & St Nicholas Ave 17 docks in all
    730 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. 73 Starr Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.8 miles
  3. 1074 Grand Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

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
69 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,400 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 1935.

Trees

NYC Parks records 73 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

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

East side of Cypress Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Cypress Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

North side of Hart Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

South side of Hart Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Inspire Kids Early Childhood Development Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    700 feet
  2. J.H.S. 162 the Willoughby School
    780 feet
  3. Learners and Leaders School
    1,060 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Starr Playground
    1,260 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Willoughby-Suydam Historic District Listed historic place
    1,050 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Wyckoff Heights Post Office
    1,140 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    900 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    1,150 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 20 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 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Cypress Avenue or Hart Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.