Evergreen Avenue & Eldert Street

Evergreen Avenue and Eldert Street meet at a four-way crossing in Bushwick (East), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 14 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Tiger Playground is 50 feet away. The nearest subway, Halsey St, is about seven minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and three places to eat. About 1,600 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
5 hurt
14 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Halsey St
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · J
Nearest bus stop
350 feet
Halsey St/Evergreen Av · B26
Within a walk
15 places
8 religious buildings, 4 schools and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Evergreen Avenue & Eldert Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Halsey St J
    0.3 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
    0.5 miles
    J Z

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, 350 feet away, for the B26.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B26 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Evergreen Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Halsey St & Evergreen Ave 22 docks in all
    250 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 1.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 952 Wyckoff Avenue Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 342 Eldert Street Charging for electric cars, 21 Level 2 chargers
    0.5 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 14 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 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
34 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,600 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 56 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the littleleaf linden.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 30 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2015 and December 2017, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Eldert Street

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

South side of Eldert Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No parking 7 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 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.

  • 8 religious buildings
  • 4 schools
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 garden

Schools and child care

  1. Achivement First Bushwick Charter School Elementary School
    570 feet
  2. Evergreen Middle School for Urban Exploration School
    570 feet
  3. P.S./I.S. 045 Horace E. Greene School
    740 feet
Show all 4
  1. Achievement First Charter School Ujima High School
    960 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Tiger Playground
    50 feet
  2. Evergreen Playground
    1,090 feet
  3. Decatur Street Community Garden
    1,210 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Seventh Day Church of God House of worship
    1,070 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are three places to eat and 12 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 Eldert 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.