Evergreen Avenue & Covert Street

Evergreen Avenue and Covert Street meet at a four-way crossing in Bushwick (East), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 19 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Achivement First Bushwick Charter School Elementary School is 590 feet away. The nearest subway, Halsey St, is about eight 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 five places to eat. About 1,500 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
7 hurt
19 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Halsey St
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · J
Nearest bus stop
350 feet
Schaefer St/Evergreen Av · B20
Within a walk
15 places
6 religious buildings, 4 schools and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Evergreen Avenue & Covert 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.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Halsey St J
    0.4 miles
    J

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Chauncey St J, Z
    0.4 miles
    J Z
  2. Wilson Av L
    0.5 miles
    L

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Schaefer St/Evergreen Av, 350 feet away, for the B20.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Schaefer St/Evergreen Av B20
    350 feet
    B20

Next buses at this stop

  1. B20 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Evergreen Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Halsey St & Evergreen Ave 22 docks in all
    510 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
    0.6 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.4 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.

  • 7 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 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
35 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 62 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
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2016 and December 2018, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Covert Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY NOON-1:30PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

South side of Covert Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY NOON-1:30PM

East side of Evergreen Avenue

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

West side of Evergreen Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. P.S./I.S. 045 Horace E. Greene School
    480 feet
  2. Achivement First Bushwick Charter School Elementary School
    590 feet
  3. Evergreen Middle School for Urban Exploration School
    590 feet
Show all 5
  1. Achievement First Charter School Ujima High School
    710 feet
  2. GSS 319 Stanhope Child and Family Center Pre-K
    1,160 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Tiger Playground
    50 feet
  2. Evergreen Playground
    830 feet
  3. Decatur Street Community Garden
    950 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Seventh Day Church of God House of worship
    1,030 feet

Fire and police

  1. Squad 252 Fire station
    1,180 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are five places to eat and 11 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 Covert 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.