Flushing Avenue & Bushwick Avenue

Flushing Avenue and Bushwick Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in East Williamsburg, Brooklyn, at the edge of NYCHA's Bushwick development. Between 2021 and 2025, 80 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. In 2026, 1,305 red-light camera tickets were recorded here through July 26. Garden Playground is 430 feet away, and Ohel Chaya is 1,150 feet away. The nearest subway, Flushing Av, is about five minutes on foot, for the J and M. Within a five-minute walk are 16 public places, three of them parks, and 14 places to eat.

Safety record
48 hurt
80 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Flushing Av
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · J, M
Nearest bus stop
120 feet
Flushing Av/Bushwick Av · B57
Within a walk
16 places
3 parks, 3 playgrounds and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Flushing Avenue & Bushwick Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Flushing Av J, M
    0.3 miles
    J M

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Myrtle Av J, M, Z
    0.4 miles
    J M Z
  2. Montrose Av L
    0.5 miles
    L

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Migration” (2006) by Robin Holder at the Flushing Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Flushing Av/Bushwick Av, 120 feet away, for the B57.

  • 13 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Flushing Av/Bushwick Av B57
    120 feet
    B57

Next buses at this stop

  1. B57 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 29 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Bushwick Ave & Forrest St 20 docks in all
    470 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Borinquen Place, 1.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 640 Bushwick Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 10 Montieth Street Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    870 feet
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    0.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 80 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 47 people injured
  • 1 person killed
  • 4 of those hurt, on foot
  • 7 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Turn calming, July 2016
  • Leading pedestrian interval, January 2017

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2026 so far, through July 26, 1,305 red-light camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner.

Red-light camera tickets by the direction of travel written on the ticket
Direction on the ticket2026 so far
Eastbound on Flushing Avenue546
Westbound on Flushing Avenue378
Northbound on Bushwick Avenue381
Total1,305

Every corner with red-light camera tickets

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11206
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 1
City Council district
34
Police precinct
83 and 90 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East Williamsburg
Elevation
31 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 2,600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

The corner stands at the edge of NYCHA's Bushwick development.

Since 2014 at least 250 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 22 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the 'Streetkeeper' thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 59 signs on these blocks
  • 15 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2014 and June 2026; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Bushwick Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM

West side of Bushwick Avenue

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

North side of Flushing Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 2AM-5AM
  • No parking 13 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING FIRE ZONE
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 6AM-6PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Sixteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 parks
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Congregation Luminous Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    820 feet
  2. Luminous Bushwick Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    820 feet
  3. P.S. 120 Carlos Tapia School
    880 feet
Show all 5
  1. Williamsburg Charter High School
    970 feet
  2. Ohel Chaya School
    1,150 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Garden Playground
    430 feet
  2. Bushwick Playground
    590 feet
  3. Beaver Noll Park
    770 feet
Show all 6
  1. Beaver Knoll Park
    810 feet
  2. Green Central Knoll Park
    930 feet
  3. Green Central Knoll Playground
    1,090 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Mount Calvary FBH Church House of worship
    890 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 9 Noll Street Older adult center
    680 feet
  2. Bushwick Pool Swimming pool
    780 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Green Corner Fish & Farmers Market Supermarket
    1,080 feet
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    1,280 feet
  3. Bravo Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 14 places to eat and six food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Bushwick Avenue or Flushing Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC Finance, NYC DOT, MTA, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYCHA, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.