Himrod Street & Wyckoff Avenue

Himrod Street and Wyckoff Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Bushwick (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 24 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. The Battalion 28/Engine 271/Ladder 124 firehouse is 460 feet away. The nearest subway, DeKalb Av, is about a minute on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, six of them religious buildings, and 50 places to eat.

Safety record
7 hurt
24 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
DeKalb Av
250 feet · 1 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
70 feet
Wyckoff Av/Himrod St · B13
Within a walk
12 places
6 religious buildings, 1 day care or pre-K site and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Himrod Street & Wyckoff Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is DeKalb Av, 250 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. DeKalb Av L
    250 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
    0.3 miles
    L
  2. Knickerbocker Av M
    0.4 miles
    M

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Wyckoff Av/Himrod St, 70 feet away, for the B13.

  • 14 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Wyckoff Av/Himrod St B13
    70 feet
    B13

Next buses at this stop

  1. B13 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Himrod Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Wyckoff Ave & Stanhope St 22 docks in all
    310 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway westbound at Vermont Place & J Robinson Parkway, 1.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1517 Myrtle Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 1510 Gates Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 1074 Grand Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 24 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2025.

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 (West)
Elevation
51 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,400 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 57 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 40 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the 'Green leaf' Japanese flowering cherry.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2017 and August 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Himrod Street

  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY NOON-1:30PM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING FIRE ZONE

South side of Himrod Street

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY NOON-1:30PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING FIRE ZONE

East side of Wyckoff Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

West side of Wyckoff Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING FIRE ZONE

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 hospital
  • 1 older adult center
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Grand Street Sett Stanhope Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    520 feet
  2. P.S. 086 the Irvington School
    1,080 feet

Health care

  1. Wyckoff Heights Medical Center Hospital
    620 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 319 Stanhope Street Older adult center
    620 feet
  2. Wyckoff Heights Post Office
    920 feet

Fire and police

  1. Battalion 28/Engine 271/Ladder 124 Fire station
    460 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    1,190 feet
  2. Met Fresh Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 50 places to eat and 24 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 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Himrod Street or Wyckoff 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.