Irving Avenue & Menahan Street

Irving Avenue and Menahan Street meet at a four-way crossing in Bushwick (East), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 22 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. P.S. 116 Elizabeth L Farrell is 770 feet away, and Washington Irving Library is 1,300 feet away. The nearest subway, Knickerbocker 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, six of them day care or pre-K sites, and 72 places to eat.

Safety record
12 hurt
22 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Knickerbocker Av
1,010 feet · 4 min on foot · M
Nearest bus stop
330 feet
Myrtle Av/Menahan St · B54
Within a walk
22 places
6 day care or pre-K sites, 4 religious buildings and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Irving Avenue & Menahan Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Knickerbocker Av, 1,010 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Knickerbocker Av M
    1,010 feet
    M

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Myrtle-Wyckoff Avs L, M
    0.3 miles
    L M
  2. DeKalb Av L
    0.4 miles
    L

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “The Digs” (2013) by Cal Lane at the Knickerbocker Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Myrtle Av/Menahan St, 330 feet away, for the B54.

  • 13 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Myrtle Av/Menahan St B54
    330 feet
    B54

Next buses at this stop

  1. B54 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Irving Avenue.

  • 45 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
    390 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway westbound at Vermont Place & J Robinson Parkway, 1.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1517 Myrtle Avenue Gas station
    530 feet
  2. 1510 Gates Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    940 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 22 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Turn calming, April 2023

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
45 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are 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 24 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
  • 27 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

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

East side of Irving Avenue

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

West side of Irving Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Menahan Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Menahan Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 9AM-4PM

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Two buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Romanesque Revival, and built between 1892 and 1899.

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists two works near this corner, the nearest in Heisser Triangle.

  1. Bushwick-Ridgewood Memorial Statue by Pietro Montana, 1921
    740 feet
  2. Untitled Stainless Steel Sculpture Sculpture by Todd Williams, 1983
    800 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

  • 6 day care or pre-K sites
  • 4 religious buildings
  • 3 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
    590 feet
  2. ABC Learning Center Trade or language school
    610 feet
  3. P.S. 116 Elizabeth L Farrell School · landmark
    770 feet
Show all 10
  1. P.S. 086 the Irvington School
    790 feet
  2. New Life Child Development Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,140 feet
  3. New Life Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,140 feet
  4. All City Leadership Secondary School
    1,160 feet
  5. Kreative Kare Day Care Center Pre-K
    1,180 feet
  6. Kreative Kare Too Nursery School Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    1,230 feet
  7. New Life Child Development Center 3 Pre-K
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

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

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Knickerbocker Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,030 feet
  2. Wyckoff Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,300 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Washington Irving Library
    1,300 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Brigids RC Church House of worship
    1,230 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Ridgewood Bushwick Youth Center Community center
    1,160 feet
  2. Wyckoff Community Center
    1,170 feet

Fire and police

  1. 83rd Precinct Police station
    1,090 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    720 feet
  2. Capital One Bank branch
    1,260 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
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 72 places to eat and 34 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Irving Avenue or Menahan Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, 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 Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.