Flushing Avenue & Scott Avenue

Flushing Avenue and Scott Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Bushwick (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 22 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. J.H.S. 162 the Willoughby is 1,200 feet away. The nearest subway, Jefferson St, is about three minutes on foot, for the L. Within a five-minute walk are two public places and 31 places to eat. About 500 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built in 1931, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
24 hurt
22 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Jefferson St
910 feet · 3 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
30 feet
Flushing Av/Johnson Av · B57
Within a walk
2 places
1 listed historic place and 1 school, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Flushing Avenue & Scott Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Jefferson St, 910 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  1. Jefferson St L
    910 feet
    L

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. DeKalb Av L
    0.4 miles
    L

Bus

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

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B57 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 31 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 13 of them on-street corrals
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Jefferson St & Cypress Ave 25 docks in all
    370 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Long Island Expressway eastbound at Borden Avenue & 60th Street, 1.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 18-84 Flushing Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 150 Noll Street Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 1074 Grand Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1 mile

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 22 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 23 people injured
  • 1 person killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, October 2025

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11237
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)
Bushwick (West)
Elevation
19 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 500 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.

Trees

NYC Parks records 36 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2015 and October 2025, 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 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 2AM-5AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-4PM

East side of Scott Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 3AM-6AM

West side of Scott Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 3AM-6AM

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Two public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. J.H.S. 162 the Willoughby School
    1,200 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Vander Ende--Onderdonk House Site Listed historic place
    1,180 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 31 places to eat and ten food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 16 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Flushing Avenue or Scott Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, 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 Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.