Irving Avenue & Grove Street

Irving Avenue and Grove Street meet at a four-way crossing in Bushwick (East), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Heisser Triangle is 860 feet away. The nearest subway, Myrtle-Wyckoff Avs, is about four minutes on foot, for the L and M. Within a five-minute walk are 24 public places, six of them day care or pre-K sites, and 71 places to eat. About 2,300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built in 1931, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
3 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Myrtle-Wyckoff Avs
1,090 feet · 4 min on foot · L, M
Nearest bus stop
150 feet
Myrtle Av/Irving Av · B54
Within a walk
24 places
6 day care or pre-K sites, 5 religious buildings and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Irving Avenue & Grove Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Myrtle-Wyckoff Avs, 1,090 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Myrtle-Wyckoff Avs L, M
    1,090 feet
    L M

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. L …
Outbound
1 line
  1. L …
Inbound
1 line
  1. M …
Middle Village
1 line
  1. M …

Also within a walk

  1. Knickerbocker Av M
    1,120 feet
    M
  2. DeKalb Av L
    0.4 miles
    L

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “From Earth to Sky” (2006) by Cadence Giersbach at the Myrtle-Wyckoff Avs station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Myrtle Av/Irving Av, 150 feet away, for the B54.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B54 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Irving Avenue.

  • 51 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 7 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Myrtle Ave & Grove St 23 docks in all
    120 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway westbound at Vermont Place & J Robinson Parkway, 1.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1517 Myrtle Avenue Gas station
    270 feet
  2. 1510 Gates Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    680 feet
  3. 1074 Grand Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported nine 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 a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2024.

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
49 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,300 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 52 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 13 signs on these blocks
  • 3 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2019 and March 2022, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Grove Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

South side of Grove Street

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

East side of Irving Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Romanesque Revival, and built between 1897 and 1899.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

  • 6 day care or pre-K sites
  • 5 religious buildings
  • 4 schools
  • 2 community centers
  • 2 parks
  • 5 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Kid's Canvas Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    330 feet
  2. ABC Learning Center Trade or language school
    720 feet
  3. P.S. 116 Elizabeth L Farrell School · landmark
    780 feet
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  1. New Life Child Development Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    880 feet
  2. New Life Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    880 feet
  3. All City Leadership Secondary School
    900 feet
  4. Kreative Kare Day Care Center Pre-K
    920 feet
  5. Kreative Kare Too Nursery School Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    970 feet
  6. New Life Child Development Center 3 Pre-K
    1,050 feet
  7. P.S. 086 the Irvington School
    1,050 feet
  8. St Brigid Catholic Academy School
    1,200 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Hope Ballfield Park
    770 feet
  2. Heisser Triangle
    860 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Wyckoff Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,040 feet
  2. Knickerbocker Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,140 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Washington Irving Library
    1,040 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Brigids RC Church House of worship
    1,060 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Ridgewood Bushwick Youth Center Community center
    900 feet
  2. Wyckoff Community Center
    910 feet

Fire and police

  1. 83rd Precinct Police station
    1,200 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    830 feet
  2. Capital One Bank branch
    1,000 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Met Fresh Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    1,270 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 71 places to eat and 30 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 14 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Grove 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.