Evergreen Avenue & Jefferson Street

Evergreen Avenue and Jefferson Street meet at a four-way crossing in Bushwick (West), Brooklyn. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. In 2025, 367 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. Green Central Knoll is 930 feet away. The nearest subway, Myrtle Av, is about six minutes on foot, for the J, M and Z. Within a five-minute walk are 14 public places, six of them religious buildings, and 20 places to eat. About 2,700 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
No crashes
0 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Myrtle Av
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · J, M, Z
Nearest bus stop
820 feet
Myrtle Av/Evergreen Av · B54
Within a walk
14 places
6 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Evergreen Avenue & Jefferson Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  1. Myrtle Av J, M, Z
    0.3 miles
    J M Z

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Central Av M
    0.3 miles
    M

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Jammin' Under the EL” (1999) by Verna Hart at the Myrtle Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Myrtle Av/Evergreen Av, 820 feet away, for the B54.

  • 12 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Myrtle Av/Evergreen Av B54
    820 feet
    B54

Next buses at this stop

  1. B54 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Evergreen Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Willoughby Ave & Myrtle Ave 19 docks in all
    900 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Borinquen Place, 1.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 640 Bushwick Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 73 Starr Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

No police-reported crashes between 2021 and 2025, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2019.

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 367 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 1,363rd most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 165 more were issued.

Every corner with speed camera tickets

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11206
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 4
City Council district
34
Police precinct
83
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bushwick (West)
Elevation
60 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 227 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 60 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 43 signs on these blocks
  • 13 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2016 and February 2020; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Evergreen Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 3AM-6AM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

West side of Evergreen Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 3AM-6AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

North side of Jefferson Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY NOON-1:30PM
  • No standing 6 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Jefferson Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY NOON-1:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fourteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 parks
  • 1 garden
  • 1 playground
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. The Learning Experience Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,040 feet
  2. Bushwick United Early Learn Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,160 feet
  3. P.S. 145 Andrew Jackson School
    1,220 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. EL Garden
    260 feet
  2. Green Central Knoll Park
    930 feet
  3. Fermi Playground
    990 feet
Show all 4
  1. Freedom Triangle
    1,140 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at 54 Noll Street / One Bushwick Public space
    910 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    1,150 feet
  2. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 20 places to eat and 18 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 Evergreen Avenue or Jefferson Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC Finance, 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.