Irving Avenue & Palmetto Street

Irving Avenue and Palmetto Street meet at a four-way crossing in Bushwick (East), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 18 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. All City Leadership Secondary School is 280 feet away, and Venditti Square Plaza is 1,210 feet away. The nearest subway, Myrtle-Wyckoff Avs, is about three minutes on foot, for the L and M. Within a five-minute walk are 24 public places, nine of them schools, and 45 places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
18 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Myrtle-Wyckoff Avs
770 feet · 3 min on foot · L, M
Nearest bus stop
380 feet
Gates Av/Irving Av · B52
Within a walk
24 places
9 schools, 4 day care or pre-K sites and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Irving Avenue & Palmetto Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Myrtle-Wyckoff Avs, 770 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Myrtle-Wyckoff Avs L, M
    770 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
    0.4 miles
    M
  2. Seneca Av M
    0.4 miles
    M

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 Gates Av/Irving Av, 380 feet away, for the B52.

  • 13 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Gates Av/Irving Av B52
    380 feet
    B52

Next buses at this stop

  1. B52 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Irving Avenue.

  • 41 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Irving Ave & Palmetto St 20 docks in all
    40 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway westbound at Vermont Place & J Robinson Parkway, 1.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1517 Myrtle Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 1510 Gates Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. 66-26 Metropolitan Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 18 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 November 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, May 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
48 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1931 and 1963.

Since 2014 at least 40 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 47 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the red maple and the willow oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 40 signs on these blocks
  • 11 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2019 and June 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Irving Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

West side of Irving Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Palmetto Street

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY NOON-1:30PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM
  • No stopping 1 sign NO STOPPING ANYTIME
  • Taxi stand 1 sign TAXI STAND

South side of Palmetto Street

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY NOON-1:30PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING FIRE ZONE

Monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, at Engine Company 277.

  1. Sentinel Lanterns Installation by Julian LaVerdiere, 2007
    760 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

  • 9 schools
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 4 religious buildings
  • 2 community centers
  • 2 pedestrian plazas
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. All City Leadership Secondary School
    280 feet
  2. Kreative Kare Day Care Center Pre-K
    540 feet
  3. Academy for Excellence in Leadership School
    630 feet
Show all 13
  1. The Academy of Urban Planning and Engineering School
    630 feet
  2. The Brooklyn School for Math and Research School
    630 feet
  3. The Brooklyn School for Social Justice School
    630 feet
  4. The New Life Child Development Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    780 feet
  5. Aim High - New Life Child Devel School
    900 feet
  6. Kid's Canvas Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    1,110 feet
  7. Math, Engineering and Science Academy Charter High School
    1,200 feet
  8. Kreative Kare Too Nursery School Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    1,250 feet
  9. Bushwick Community High School
    1,290 feet
  10. J.H.S. 291 Roland Hayes School
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Bushwick Playground
    760 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Wyckoff Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    850 feet
  2. Venditti Square Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,210 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Washington Irving Library
    260 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Ridgewood Bushwick Youth Center Community center
    410 feet
  2. Wyckoff Community Center
    930 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 277/Ladder 112 Fire station
    860 feet

Bank branches

  1. Capital One Bank branch
    1,010 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    570 feet
  2. Billy's Marketplace Supermarket
    0.5 miles
  3. Met Fresh Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    680 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 45 places to eat and 25 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Irving Avenue or Palmetto 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, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.