Flushing Avenue & Irving Avenue

Flushing Avenue and Irving Avenue meet at a five-way junction in Bushwick (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 19 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. P.S. 123 Suydam is 1,210 feet away. The nearest subway, Jefferson St, is about four minutes on foot, for the L. Within a five-minute walk are five public places and 40 places to eat. About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built in 1931, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
8 hurt
19 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Jefferson St
960 feet · 4 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
100 feet
Flushing Av/Thames St · B57
Within a walk
5 places
1 dog run, 1 garden and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Flushing Avenue & Irving Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Jefferson St, 960 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  1. Jefferson St L
    960 feet
    L

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Morgan Av L
    0.4 miles
    L
  2. DeKalb Av L
    0.5 miles
    L

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Flushing Av/Thames St, 100 feet away, for the B57.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Flushing Av/Thames St B57
    100 feet
    B57

Next buses at this stop

  1. B57 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Irving Avenue and Thames Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Irving Ave & Jefferson St 19 docks in all
    270 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway westbound at Meeker Avenue & Graham Avenue at Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, 1.8 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 19 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 8 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 4 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
11237
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
20 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up in 1931.

Since 2014 at least 6 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 42 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 27 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2015 and July 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Flushing Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 2AM-5AM

South side of Flushing Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 2AM-5AM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 3AM-6AM

East side of Irving Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

West side of Irving Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

North side of Melrose Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY NOON-1:30PM

South side of Melrose Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY NOON-1:30PM

North side of Thames Street

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Five public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 dog run
  • 1 garden
  • 1 park
  • 1 religious building
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 123 Suydam School
    1,210 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Maria Hernandez Park
    830 feet
  2. Dog Run in Maria Hernandez Park Dog run
    1,110 feet
  3. La Finca Community Garden
    1,150 feet

Supermarkets

  1. City Fresh Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 40 places to eat and 16 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 14 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Flushing Avenue, Irving Avenue, Melrose Street or Thames 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, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.