Evergreen Avenue & Grove Street

Evergreen Avenue and Grove Street meet at a four-way crossing in Bushwick (East), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. P.S. 075 Mayda Cortiella is 140 feet away, and P.S. 299 Thomas Warren Field is 1,230 feet away. The nearest subway, Gates Av, is about five minutes on foot, for the J and Z. Within a five-minute walk are 16 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and seven places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Gates Av
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · J, Z
Nearest bus stop
600 feet
Gates Av/Evergreen Av · B52
Within a walk
16 places
7 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Evergreen Avenue & Grove Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Gates Av, 0.3 miles from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Gates Av J, Z
    0.3 miles
    J Z

Next trains at this station

Outbound
2 lines
  1. J …
  2. Z …
Manhattan
2 lines
  1. J …
  2. Z …

Also within a walk

  1. Kosciuszko St J
    0.5 miles
    J

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Dream Train” (2002) by Chris Wade Robinson at the Gates Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Gates Av/Evergreen Av, 600 feet away, for the B52.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Gates Av/Evergreen Av B52
    600 feet
    B52

Next buses at this stop

  1. B52 …

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. Bushwick Ave & Linden St 29 docks in all
    750 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 1.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1517 Myrtle Avenue Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 824 Lexington Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 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
11221
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 4
City Council district
37
Police precinct
83
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bushwick (East)
Elevation
50 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 79 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 60 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 33 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2016 and March 2019, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Evergreen Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

West side of Evergreen Avenue

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

North side of Grove Street

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

South side of Grove Street

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are two Individual Landmarks, and 17 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Queen Anne. They were mostly built in 1888.

  1. Ridgewood Masonic Temple Designated landmark
    810 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Sixteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 gardens
  • 2 older adult centers
  • 2 schools
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 075 Mayda Cortiella School
    140 feet
  2. Early Life Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    730 feet
  3. Bushwick United Housing Development Fund Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    920 feet
Show all 4
  1. P.S. 299 Thomas Warren Field School
    1,230 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Concerned Citizens of Grove Street Community Garden
    250 feet
  2. Good Life Garden
    840 feet
  3. Heckscher Playground
    1,020 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Calvary & St Cyprians Church House of worship
    770 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 1175 Gates Avenue Older adult center
    630 feet
  2. Older adult center at 85 Palmetto Street Older adult center
    880 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    1,050 feet
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    1,190 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    1,080 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are seven places to eat and 11 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Evergreen Avenue or Grove Street.

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