Evergreen Avenue & Cornelia Street

Evergreen Avenue and Cornelia Street meet at a four-way crossing in Bushwick (East), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 17 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Restoration Worship Temple is 780 feet away. The nearest subway, Halsey St, is about eight minutes on foot, for the J. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and three places to eat. About 1,900 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1905 and 1931, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
8 hurt
17 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Halsey St
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · J
Nearest bus stop
1,130 feet
Halsey St/Evergreen Av · B26
Within a walk
11 places
7 religious buildings, 1 community center and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Evergreen Avenue & Cornelia Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Halsey St, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  1. Halsey St J
    0.4 miles
    J

Next trains at this station

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

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “SOL'SCRYPTT” (2008) by SOL'SAX at the Halsey St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Halsey St/Evergreen Av, 1,130 feet away, for the B26.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Halsey St/Evergreen Av B26
    1,130 feet
    B26

Next buses at this stop

  1. B26 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Evergreen Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Jefferson Ave & Evergreen Ave 17 docks in all
    300 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 1.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 952 Wyckoff Avenue Gas station
    0.8 miles
  2. 824 Lexington Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 17 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in August 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11221
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 4
City Council district
37
Police precinct
83
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bushwick (East)
Elevation
47 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1905 and 1931.

Since 2014 at least 23 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 44 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 31 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2018 and January 2019, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Cornelia Street

  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of Cornelia Street

  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

East side of Evergreen Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

West side of Evergreen Avenue

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 1 community center
  • 1 garden
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 299 Thomas Warren Field School
    830 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Woodbine Street Block Association Garden
    1,140 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Restoration Worship Temple House of worship
    780 feet
  2. Bushwick United Methodist Church Listed historic place
    830 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Salvation Army Brooklyn Bushwick Corps Community Center
    770 feet
  2. Older adult center at 85 Palmetto Street Older adult center
    1,230 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

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