Flushing Avenue & Central Avenue

Flushing Avenue and Central Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Bushwick (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 15 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. P.S. 145 Andrew Jackson is 770 feet away. The nearest subway, Morgan Av, 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, two of them religious buildings, and 39 places to eat. About 900 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
6 hurt
15 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Morgan Av
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
30 feet
Flushing Av/Evergreen Av · B57
Within a walk
9 places
2 religious buildings, 2 schools and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Flushing Avenue & Central Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Morgan Av L
    0.3 miles
    L

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. L …
Outbound
1 line
  1. L …

Also within a walk

  1. Flushing Av J, M
    0.5 miles
    J M

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Flushing Av/Evergreen Av, 30 feet away, for the B57.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Flushing Av/Evergreen Av B57
    30 feet
    B57

Next buses at this stop

  1. B57 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Central Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Central Ave & Flushing Ave 21 docks in all
    60 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Borinquen Place, 1.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1119 Flushing Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 10 Montieth Street Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    1,120 feet
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    0.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 15 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 6 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Turn calming, September 2020

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11206
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 4
City Council district
34
Police precinct
83 and 90 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bushwick (West)
Elevation
27 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 66 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 69 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2017 and February 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Central Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 3AM-6AM

West side of Central Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 3AM-6AM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-4PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

South side of Flushing Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 2AM-5AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 garden
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 145 Andrew Jackson School
    770 feet
  2. Williamsburg Charter High School
    960 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Green Central Knoll Park
    50 feet
  2. Green Central Knoll Playground
    70 feet
  3. La Finca Community Garden
    1,170 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at 54 Noll Street / One Bushwick Public space
    1,150 feet

Fire and police

  1. Police Service Area #3 Police station
    500 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    1,140 feet
  2. Green Corner Fish & Farmers Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. City Fresh Market Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 39 places to eat and nine food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 14 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Central Avenue or Flushing Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, 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.