Halsey Street & Irving Avenue

Halsey Street and Irving Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Bushwick (East), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 22 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Irving Square Park is 760 feet away. The nearest subway, Halsey St, is about two minutes on foot, for the L. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, three of them religious buildings, and 16 places to eat. About 1,700 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1907 and 1914, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
8 hurt
22 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Halsey St
640 feet · 2 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
Halsey St/Irving Av · B26
Within a walk
8 places
3 religious buildings, 2 schools and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Halsey Street & Irving Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Halsey St, 640 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  1. Halsey St L
    640 feet
    L

Next trains at this station

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Halsey St/Irving Av, 110 feet away, for the B26.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Halsey St/Irving Av B26
    110 feet
    B26

Next buses at this stop

  1. B26 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Irving Avenue.

  • 17 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Irving Ave & Halsey St 19 docks in all
    50 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway westbound at Vermont Place & J Robinson Parkway, 1 mile by car along the streets.

  1. 952 Wyckoff Avenue Gas station
    660 feet
  2. 342 Eldert Street Charging for electric cars, 21 Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 66-26 Metropolitan Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    2.2 miles

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.

  • 8 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11237
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 4
City Council district
37
Police precinct
83
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bushwick (East)
Elevation
68 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • 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. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1907 and 1914.

Since 2014 at least 40 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 60 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2019 and May 2023; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Halsey Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY NOON-1:30PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

South side of Halsey Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY NOON-1:30PM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY THURSDAY SATURDAY 7AM-7PM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-4PM

East side of Irving Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 151 Lyndon B. Johnson School
    760 feet
  2. Bushwick United Early Learn Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    930 feet
  3. Bushwick Ascend Charter School
    1,000 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Irving Square Park
    760 feet
  2. Irving Square Park Playground
    850 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Martin of Tours RC Church House of worship
    1,100 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Billy's Marketplace Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 16 places to eat and 12 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 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Halsey Street or Irving Avenue.

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.