Flushing Avenue & Forrest Street

Flushing Avenue and Forrest Street meet at a three-way junction in East Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Police Service Area #3 is 740 feet away. The nearest subway, Morgan Av, is about four minutes on foot, for the L. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, two of them religious buildings, and 46 places to eat. About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
4 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Morgan Av
1,130 feet · 4 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
80 feet
Flushing Av/Morgan Av · B57
Within a walk
9 places
2 religious buildings, 1 day care or pre-K site and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Flushing Avenue & Forrest Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Morgan Av, 1,130 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  1. Morgan Av L
    1,130 feet
    L

Next trains at this station

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Flushing Av/Morgan Av, 80 feet away, for the B57.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Flushing Av/Morgan Av B57
    80 feet
    B57

Next buses at this stop

  1. B57 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 55 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
    540 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Borinquen Place, 1.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1119 Flushing Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 150 Noll Street Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    630 feet
  3. 1074 Grand Street Fast charging for electric cars
    0.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2025.

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)
East Williamsburg

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 33 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 31 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2017 and February 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

South side of Flushing Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 2AM-5AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Forrest Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 3AM-6AM

South side of Forrest Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 3AM-6AM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 8AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 garden
  • 1 park
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 145 Andrew Jackson School
    1,020 feet
  2. Bushwick United Head Start Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Green Central Knoll Park
    550 feet
  2. Green Central Knoll Playground
    580 feet
  3. La Finca Community Garden
    610 feet

Fire and police

  1. Police Service Area #3 Police station
    740 feet
  2. Engine 237 Fire station
    830 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. City Fresh Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 46 places to eat and ten 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 nearest of the 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Flushing Avenue or Forrest Street.

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