Hart Street & Central Avenue

Hart Street and Central Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Bushwick (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. The Engine 218 firehouse is 170 feet away. The nearest subway, Central Av, is about two minutes on foot, for the M. Within a five-minute walk are 24 public places, ten of them religious buildings, and 33 places to eat. About 2,000 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
3 hurt
11 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Central Av
510 feet · 2 min on foot · M
Nearest bus stop
420 feet
Myrtle Av/De Kalb Av · B54, M90, T410
Within a walk
24 places
10 religious buildings, 4 day care or pre-K sites and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Hart Street & Central Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Central Av, 510 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  1. Central Av M
    510 feet
    M

Next trains at this station

Inbound
1 line
  1. M …
Middle Village
1 line
  1. M …

Also within a walk

  1. Knickerbocker Av M
    0.4 miles
    M

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Generation Dynamica” (2013) by George Bates at the Central Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Myrtle Av/De Kalb Av, 420 feet away, for the B54, M90 and T410.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Myrtle Av/De Kalb Av B54, M90, T410
    420 feet
    B54 M90 T410

Next buses at this stop

  1. B54 …
  2. M90 …
  3. T410 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Central Avenue.

  • 21 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Cedar St & Myrtle Ave 27 docks in all
    510 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Borinquen Place, 2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1199 Myrtle Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 73 Starr Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 11 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11221
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 4
City Council district
34
Police precinct
83
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bushwick (West)
Elevation
50 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 2,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 111 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 56 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 30 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2018 and February 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Central Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

West side of Central Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

North side of Hart Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING FIRE ZONE
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM

South side of Hart Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 24 public places.

  • 10 religious buildings
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 4 schools
  • 2 gardens
  • 1 fire station
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Bushwick United Head Start Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    200 feet
  2. Bushwick United Early Learn Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    710 feet
  3. Achievement First University Prep High School
    1,210 feet
Show all 8
  1. Bushwick United Housing Development Fund Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,080 feet
  2. Brooklyn United Children Preschool
    1,170 feet
  3. Achievement First Voyager Charter School
    1,210 feet
  4. I.S. 347 School of Humanities School
    1,210 feet
  5. I.S. 349 Math, Science & Tech. School
    1,210 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Know Waste Lands Garden
    470 feet
  2. Fermi Playground
    730 feet
  3. Stockholm Street Garden
    940 feet

Health care

  1. Buena Vida Rehabilitation and Nursing Center Nursing home or hospice
    1,130 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Eighty-Third Precinct Police Station and Stable Listed historic place
    1,140 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 218 Fire station
    170 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    460 feet
  2. Met Fresh Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. City Fresh Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 33 places to eat and 19 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 Central Avenue or Hart 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.