Flushing Avenue & Vandervoort Place

Flushing Avenue and Vandervoort Place meet at a three-way junction in Bushwick (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Green Central Knoll is 1,010 feet away. The nearest subway, Morgan Av, is about four minutes on foot, for the L. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, two of them religious buildings, and 47 places to eat. About 1,700 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
1 hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Morgan Av
1,130 feet · 4 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
180 feet
Flushing Av/Wilson Av · B57
Within a walk
7 places
2 religious buildings, 1 fire station and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Flushing Avenue & Vandervoort Place 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 …

Also within a walk

  1. Jefferson St L
    0.4 miles
    L

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Flushing Av/Wilson Av, 180 feet away, for the B57.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B57 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 48 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Knickerbocker Ave & George St 23 docks in all
    620 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
    1,040 feet
  2. 150 Noll Street Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    740 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 two 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 August 2022.

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
29 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 51 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 50 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 12 signs on these blocks
  • 3 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2017 and July 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Flushing Avenue

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

East side of Vandervoort Place

  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Vandervoort Place

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 garden
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground
  • 1 police station

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. La Finca Community Garden
    140 feet
  2. Green Central Knoll Park
    1,010 feet
  3. Green Central Knoll Playground
    1,040 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 237 Fire station
    830 feet
  2. Police Service Area #3 Police station
    1,160 feet

Supermarkets

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 47 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 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Flushing Avenue or Vandervoort Place.

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