Hart Street & Evergreen Avenue

Hart Street and Evergreen Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Bushwick (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 20 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Know Waste Lands is 890 feet away. The nearest subway, Central Av, is about three minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places, six of them religious buildings, and 16 places to eat. About 2,200 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
13 hurt
20 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Central Av
750 feet · 3 min on foot · M
Nearest bus stop
240 feet
Myrtle Av/Evergreen Av · B54
Within a walk
15 places
6 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Hart Street & Evergreen Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Central Av, 750 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Central Av M
    750 feet
    M

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Myrtle Av J, M, Z
    0.4 miles
    J M Z
  2. Kosciuszko St J
    0.4 miles
    J

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/Evergreen Av, 240 feet away, for the B54.

  • 13 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Myrtle Av/Evergreen Av B54
    240 feet
    B54

Next buses at this stop

  1. B54 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Evergreen Avenue and Hart Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Cedar St & Evergreen Ave 25 docks in all
    300 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Borinquen Place, 1.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1199 Myrtle Avenue Gas station
    1,320 feet
  2. 73 Starr Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 20 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 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
51 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 139 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 50 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 24 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2018 and March 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Evergreen Avenue

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

West side of Evergreen Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Hart Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

South side of Hart Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 gardens
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 library
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Bushwick United Early Learn Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    200 feet
  2. Bushwick Leaders High School for Academic Excellence School
    970 feet
  3. Bushwick United Head Start Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,070 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Know Waste Lands Garden
    890 feet
  2. Freedom Triangle
    920 feet
  3. EL Garden
    1,010 feet

Health care

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

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Dekalb Library
    1,180 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 218 Fire station
    810 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    870 feet
  2. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    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 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 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Evergreen 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.