Flushing Avenue & Thames Street

Flushing Avenue and Thames Street meet at a three-way junction in Bushwick (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Dog Run in Maria Hernandez Park is 1,170 feet away. The nearest subway, Jefferson St, is about three minutes on foot, for the L. Within a five-minute walk are five public places and 36 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
1 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Jefferson St
910 feet · 3 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
40 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 & Thames Street 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. 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, 40 feet away, for the B57.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B57 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 30 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
    320 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, 1.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1119 Flushing Avenue Gas station
    410 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 four crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in July 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)

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is 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 40 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 4 signs on these blocks
  • 2 different rules

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

North side of Flushing Avenue

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

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
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Maria Hernandez Park
    890 feet
  2. Dog Run in Maria Hernandez Park Dog run
    1,170 feet
  3. La Finca Community Garden
    1,210 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 36 places to eat and 15 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 Thames 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.