Decatur Street & Central Avenue

Decatur Street and Central Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Bushwick (East), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. The Squad 252 firehouse is 180 feet away, and Evergreen Playground is 1,210 feet away. The nearest subway, Wilson Av, is about five minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, four of them religious buildings, and ten places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Wilson Av
1,280 feet · 5 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
120 feet
Decatur St/Central Av · B20, B60
Within a walk
13 places
4 religious buildings, 4 schools and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Decatur Street & Central Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Wilson Av, 1,280 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Wilson Av L
    1,280 feet
    L

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Chauncey St J, Z
    0.4 miles
    J Z

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Decatur St/Central Av, 120 feet away, for the B20 and B60.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Decatur St/Central Av B20, B60
    120 feet
    B20 B60

Next buses at this stop

  1. B20 …
  2. B60 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Central Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Central Ave & Decatur St 24 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, 1.2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1534 Bushwick Avenue Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 342 Eldert Street Charging for electric cars, 21 Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 66-26 Metropolitan Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    2.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11207
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 4
City Council district
37
Police precinct
83
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bushwick (East)
Elevation
46 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 18 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 53 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2017 and May 2026, 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 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Central Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING FIRE ZONE

North side of Decatur Street

  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY NOON-1:30PM

South side of Decatur Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY NOON-1:30PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Flemish Revival, and built between 1896 and 1897.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 4 schools
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 garden

Schools and child care

  1. Achievement First Charter School Ujima High School
    420 feet
  2. Achivement First Bushwick Charter School Elementary School
    860 feet
  3. Evergreen Middle School for Urban Exploration School
    860 feet
Show all 5
  1. P.S./I.S. 045 Horace E. Greene School
    980 feet
  2. GSS 319 Stanhope Child and Family Center Pre-K
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Decatur Street Community Garden
    1,110 feet
  2. Tiger Playground
    1,180 feet
  3. Evergreen Playground
    1,210 feet

Fire and police

  1. Squad 252 Fire station · landmark
    180 feet

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are ten places to eat and 15 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Central Avenue or Decatur 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.