Evergreen Avenue & Schaefer Street

Evergreen Avenue and Schaefer Street meet at a four-way crossing in Bushwick (East), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. P.S./I.S. 045 Horace E. Greene is 220 feet away. The nearest subway, Chauncey St, is about seven minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 17 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and five places to eat. About 1,400 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

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

Map

Layers
Evergreen Avenue & Schaefer Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Chauncey St, 0.4 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Chauncey St J, Z
    0.4 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. Wilson Av L
    0.4 miles
    L
  2. Halsey St J
    0.4 miles
    J

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “El Views” (2002) by Maria Dominguez at the Chauncey St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Schaefer St/Evergreen Av, 110 feet away, for the B20.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B20 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Evergreen Avenue.

  • 6 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
    770 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
    2.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 5 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 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
11207
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 4
City Council district
37
Police precinct
83
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bushwick (East)
Elevation
37 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,400 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 49 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2017 and April 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Evergreen Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

West side of Evergreen Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Flemish Revival, and built between 1896 and 1897.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seventeen public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

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

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Tiger Playground
    310 feet
  2. Evergreen Playground
    570 feet
  3. Decatur Street Community Garden
    700 feet
Show all 4
  1. Cooper Street Block Buster Community Garden
    1,140 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Seventh Day Church of God House of worship
    1,160 feet
  2. St Thomas Episcopal Church House of worship
    1,220 feet

Fire and police

  1. Squad 252 Fire station · landmark
    920 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Marketplace of Bushwick Supermarket
    0.5 miles
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

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

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Evergreen Avenue or Schaefer 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.