Irving Avenue & Starr Street

Irving Avenue and Starr Street meet at a four-way crossing in Bushwick (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 13 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. P.S. 123 Suydam is 430 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 69 places to eat. About 1,500 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built in 1931, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
5 hurt
13 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Jefferson St
780 feet · 3 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
800 feet
Wyckoff Av/Starr St · L90
Within a walk
6 places
2 religious buildings, 1 dog run and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Irving Avenue & Starr Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Jefferson St, 780 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  1. Jefferson St L
    780 feet
    L

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. DeKalb Av L
    0.3 miles
    L

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Wyckoff Av/Starr St, 800 feet away, for the L90.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Wyckoff Av/Starr St L90
    800 feet
    L90

Next buses at this stop

  1. L90 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Irving Avenue and Starr Street.

  • 33 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 2 of them on-street corrals
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway westbound at Vermont Place & J Robinson Parkway, 2.1 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 13 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 5 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on a bike

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
34 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,500 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 20 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 101 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese pagoda tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2014 and June 2025, 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 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING 8AM-5PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Starr Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

South side of Starr Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

West side of Starr Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-4PM

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
    430 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Maria Hernandez Park
    50 feet
  2. Dog Run in Maria Hernandez Park Dog run
    330 feet
  3. Maria Hernandez Park Playground
    700 feet

Supermarkets

  1. City Fresh Market Supermarket
    720 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 69 places to eat and 23 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 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Irving Avenue or Starr 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.