Evergreen Avenue & Himrod Street

Evergreen Avenue and Himrod Street meet at a four-way crossing in Bushwick (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 14 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Bushwick Leaders High School for Academic Excellence is 910 feet away. The nearest subway, Kosciuszko St, is about five minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, five of them religious buildings, and five places to eat. About 2,200 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
3 hurt
14 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Kosciuszko St
1,290 feet · 5 min on foot · J
Nearest bus stop
660 feet
Kossuth Pl/Bushwick Av · B38
Within a walk
9 places
5 religious buildings, 2 schools and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Evergreen Avenue & Himrod Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Kosciuszko St, 1,290 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Kosciuszko St J
    1,290 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. Knickerbocker Av M
    0.5 miles
    M

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Kossuth Pl/Bushwick Av, 660 feet away, for the B38.

  • 12 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Kossuth Pl/Bushwick Av B38
    660 feet
    B38

Next buses at this stop

  1. B38 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Evergreen Avenue and Himrod Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Bushwick Ave & Harman St 25 docks in all
    710 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 2.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 8 Malcolm X Boulevard Gas station
    0.5 miles
  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
    1.5 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.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11221
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 4
City Council district
34 and 37 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
83
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bushwick (West)
Elevation
57 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 158 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 53 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2019 and July 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

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

North side of Himrod Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

South side of Himrod Street

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING SATURDAY 8AM-5PM

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and two buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission. They were built between 1853 and 1881.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 nursing home or hospice

Schools and child care

  1. Bushwick Leaders High School for Academic Excellence School
    910 feet
  2. P.S. 274 Kosciusko School
    1,140 feet

Health care

  1. Buena Vida Rehabilitation and Nursing Center Nursing home or hospice
    1,120 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. South Bushwick Reformed Protestant Dutch Church Complex Listed historic place
    440 feet

Houses of worship

  1. South Bushwick Reformed Church Landmark
    360 feet
  2. Sinai Christian Church House of worship
    400 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Met Fresh Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    1,300 feet

Food stores and places to eat

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

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Evergreen Avenue or Himrod 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.