Hart Street & Wilson Avenue

Hart Street and Wilson Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Bushwick (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 16 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. The Engine 218 firehouse is 910 feet away. The nearest subway, Central Av, is about four minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 22 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and 50 places to eat. About 2,500 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built in 1931, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
4 hurt
16 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Central Av
1,080 feet · 4 min on foot · M
Nearest bus stop
150 feet
Wilson Av/Suydam St · B60
Within a walk
22 places
8 religious buildings, 5 schools and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Hart Street & Wilson Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Central Av, 1,080 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Central Av M
    1,080 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
    0.3 miles
    M
  2. DeKalb Av L
    0.4 miles
    L

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Wilson Av/Suydam St, 150 feet away, for the B60.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Wilson Av/Suydam St B60
    150 feet
    B60

Next buses at this stop

  1. B60 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Stockholm St & Wilson Ave 23 docks in all
    540 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway westbound at Vermont Place & J Robinson Parkway, 2.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1199 Myrtle Avenue Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 73 Starr Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    1,050 feet
  3. 1074 Grand Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 16 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, April 2021

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11237
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 4
City Council district
34 and 37 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
83
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bushwick (West)
Elevation
36 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 2,500 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 43 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 60 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the Japanese pagoda tree and the littleleaf linden.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 31 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2018 and March 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Hart Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

South side of Hart Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

East side of Wilson Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

West side of Wilson Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 311883 and 337132.

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Romanesque Revival, and built between 1894 and 1895.

  1. 20th Precinct Police Station House and Stable Designated landmark
    320 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 22 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Kid's Canvas Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    590 feet
  2. Bushwick United Head Start Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    780 feet
  3. Achievement First University Prep High School
    1,130 feet
Show all 9
  1. Brooklyn United Children Preschool
    1,080 feet
  2. Bushwick United Housing Development Fund Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,090 feet
  3. Achievement First Voyager Charter School
    1,130 feet
  4. I.S. 347 School of Humanities School
    1,130 feet
  5. I.S. 349 Math, Science & Tech. School
    1,130 feet
  6. Brooklyn United Children - Wilson School
    1,150 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Stockholm Street Garden
    520 feet
  2. Maria Hernandez Park
    980 feet
  3. Know Waste Lands Garden
    1,040 feet
Show all 4
  1. Maria Hernandez Park Playground
    1,190 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 218 Fire station
    910 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    1,030 feet
  2. Met Fresh Supermarket
    1,220 feet
  3. City Fresh Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    1,120 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 50 places to eat and 27 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Hart Street or Wilson Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.