Dekalb Avenue & Bushwick Avenue

Dekalb Avenue and Bushwick Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Bushwick (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 60 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Dekalb Library is 180 feet away. The nearest subway, Kosciuszko St, is about four minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places, six of them religious buildings, and 21 places to eat. About 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
35 hurt
60 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Kosciuszko St
1,130 feet · 4 min on foot · J
Nearest bus stop
450 feet
De Kalb Av/Evergreen Av · B38
Within a walk
15 places
6 religious buildings, 3 schools and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Dekalb Avenue & Bushwick Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Kosciuszko St, 1,130 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Kosciuszko St J
    1,130 feet
    J

Next trains at this station

Outbound
1 line
  1. J …
Manhattan
1 line
  1. J …

Also within a walk

  1. Central Av M
    0.3 miles
    M
  2. Myrtle Av J, M, Z
    0.4 miles
    J M Z

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Euphorbias” (2002) by Ronald Calloway at the Kosciuszko St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is De Kalb Av/Evergreen Av, 450 feet away, for the B38.

  • 12 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. De Kalb Av/Evergreen Av B38
    450 feet
    B38

Next buses at this stop

  1. B38 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Bushwick Ave & Dekalb Ave 29 docks in all
    90 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Borinquen Place, 2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 8 Malcolm X Boulevard Gas station
    1,200 feet
  2. 824 Lexington Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 60 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 35 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 5 of those hurt, on foot
  • 6 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11221
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 4
City Council district
34
Police precinct
83
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bushwick (West)
Elevation
53 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 95 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 38 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 28 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2018 and March 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Bushwick Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM

North side of Dekalb Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

South side of Dekalb Avenue

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are two Individual Landmarks, and three buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission. They were built between 1853 and 1905.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 garden
  • 1 library
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Ebc High School for Public Service - Bushwick School
    380 feet
  2. Bushwick Leaders High School for Academic Excellence School
    400 feet
  3. P.S. 274 Kosciusko School
    430 feet
Show all 4
  1. Bushwick United Early Learn Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Freedom Triangle
    1,230 feet
  2. Know Waste Lands Garden
    1,270 feet

Health care

  1. Buena Vida Rehabilitation and Nursing Center Nursing home or hospice
    870 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Dekalb Library Landmark
    180 feet
  2. South Bushwick Reformed Protestant Dutch Church Complex Listed historic place
    810 feet

Houses of worship

  1. South Bushwick Reformed Church Landmark
    770 feet
  2. Sinai Christian Church House of worship
    1,250 feet
  3. Rugged Cross Baptist Church Listed historic place
    1,310 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    1,210 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 21 places to eat and eight food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Bushwick Avenue or Dekalb Avenue.

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 Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.