Decatur Street & Irving Avenue

Decatur Street and Irving Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Ridgewood, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 19 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. The nearest subway, Halsey St, is about five minutes on foot, for the L. Within a five-minute walk are one public place and ten places to eat. About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1906 and 1931, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
10 hurt
19 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Halsey St
1,210 feet · 5 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
120 feet
Decatur St/Irving Av · B20
Within a walk
1 place
1 religious building, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Decatur Street & Irving Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Halsey St, 1,210 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  1. Halsey St L
    1,210 feet
    L

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Wilson Av L
    0.4 miles
    L

Bus

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

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Decatur St/Irving Av B20
    120 feet
    B20

Next buses at this stop

  1. B20 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Irving Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Wyckoff Ave & Cooper Ave 19 docks in all
    980 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway westbound at Vermont Place & J Robinson Parkway, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 952 Wyckoff Avenue Gas station
    0.4 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
    2.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 19 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in August 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11237
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 4
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)
Ridgewood
Elevation
69 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1906 and 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 39 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the littleleaf linden and the silver linden.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2017 and May 2022, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Decatur Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY NOON-1:30PM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM

South side of Decatur Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY NOON-1:30PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM

East side of Irving Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING 6AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

West side of Irving Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

Places within a walk

How places are listed

One public place is within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 religious building

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    980 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are ten places to eat and eight 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 corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Decatur Street or Irving 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 Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.