Decatur Street & Evergreen Avenue

Decatur Street and Evergreen Avenue 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. Decatur Street Community Garden is 440 feet away, and Cooper Street Community Garden is 1,250 feet away. The nearest subway, Chauncey St, is about six minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 16 public places, five of them religious buildings, and six places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
10 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Chauncey St
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · J, Z
Nearest bus stop
160 feet
Decatur St/Evergreen Av · B20, B60
Within a walk
16 places
5 religious buildings, 4 schools and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Decatur Street & Evergreen Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Chauncey St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Chauncey St J, Z
    0.3 miles
    J Z

Next trains at this station

Outbound
2 lines
  1. J …
  2. Z …
Manhattan
2 lines
  1. J …
  2. Z …

Also within a walk

  1. Wilson Av L
    0.4 miles
    L
  2. Halsey St J
    0.5 miles
    J

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “El Views” (2002) by Maria Dominguez at the Chauncey St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Decatur St/Evergreen Av, 160 feet away, for the B20 and B60.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Decatur St/Evergreen Av B20, B60
    160 feet
    B20 B60

Next buses at this stop

  1. B20 …
  2. B60 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Evergreen Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Central Ave & Decatur St 24 docks in all
    670 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 1.1 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
    0.7 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.5 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.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2024.

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
40 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 1,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 60 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 33 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2017 and January 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Decatur Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY NOON-1:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

South side of Decatur Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY NOON-1:30PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

East side of Evergreen Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

West side of Evergreen Avenue

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

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

Sixteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. P.S./I.S. 045 Horace E. Greene School
    310 feet
  2. GSS 319 Stanhope Child and Family Center Pre-K
    640 feet
  3. Achievement First Charter School Ujima High School
    950 feet
Show all 5
  1. Achivement First Bushwick Charter School Elementary School
    1,110 feet
  2. Evergreen Middle School for Urban Exploration School
    1,110 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Decatur Street Community Garden
    440 feet
  2. Evergreen Playground
    540 feet
  3. Tiger Playground
    560 feet
Show all 5
  1. Cooper Street Block Buster Community Garden
    880 feet
  2. Cooper Street Community Garden
    1,250 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Thomas Episcopal Church House of worship
    960 feet

Fire and police

  1. Squad 252 Fire station · landmark
    850 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Marketplace of Bushwick Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are six places to eat and eight 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 Decatur Street or Evergreen Avenue.

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.