Irving Avenue & Jefferson Street

Irving Avenue and Jefferson Street 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. Maria Hernandez Park is 570 feet away. The nearest subway, Jefferson St, is about three minutes on foot, for the L. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, two of them religious buildings, and 53 places to eat. About 1,400 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built in 1931, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
8 hurt
20 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Jefferson St
850 feet · 3 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
360 feet
Flushing Av/Thames St · B57
Within a walk
6 places
2 religious buildings, 1 dog run and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Irving Avenue & Jefferson Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Jefferson St, 850 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  1. Jefferson St L
    850 feet
    L

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. L …
Outbound
1 line
  1. L …

Also within a walk

  1. Morgan Av L
    0.4 miles
    L
  2. DeKalb Av L
    0.4 miles
    L

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Flushing Av/Thames St, 360 feet away, for the B57.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Flushing Av/Thames St B57
    360 feet
    B57

Next buses at this stop

  1. B57 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Irving Avenue.

  • 24 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Irving Ave & Jefferson St 19 docks in all
    50 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway westbound at Meeker Avenue & Graham Avenue at Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, 2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1119 Flushing Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 73 Starr Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 1074 Grand Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.1 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.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11237
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 4
City Council district
34
Police precinct
83
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bushwick (West)
Elevation
25 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,400 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 6 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 59 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 37 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2016 and March 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Irving Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

West side of Irving Avenue

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

North side of Jefferson Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 3AM-6AM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY NOON-1:30PM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-5PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM

South side of Jefferson Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 3AM-6AM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY NOON-1:30PM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-NOON

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Six public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 dog run
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 123 Suydam School
    940 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Maria Hernandez Park
    570 feet
  2. Dog Run in Maria Hernandez Park Dog run
    850 feet
  3. Maria Hernandez Park Playground
    1,220 feet

Supermarkets

  1. City Fresh Market Supermarket
    1,210 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 53 places to eat and 17 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 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Irving Avenue or Jefferson 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.