Jefferson Avenue & Central Avenue

Jefferson Avenue and Central Avenue 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. Woodbine Street Block Association Garden is 1,070 feet away, and Hope Gardens Community Center is 1,220 feet away. The nearest subway, Halsey St, is about ten minutes on foot, for the J. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, three of them religious buildings, and five places to eat. About 2,000 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
5 hurt
18 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Halsey St
0.5 miles · 10 min on foot · J
Nearest bus stop
760 feet
Wilson Av/Jefferson Av · B60
Within a walk
8 places
3 religious buildings, 1 community center and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Jefferson Avenue & Central Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Halsey St, 0.5 miles from this corner, about ten minutes on foot.

  1. Halsey St J
    0.5 miles
    J

Next trains at this station

Outbound
1 line
  1. J …
Manhattan
1 line
  1. J …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “SOL'SCRYPTT” (2008) by SOL'SAX at the Halsey St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Wilson Av/Jefferson Av, 760 feet away, for the B60.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Wilson Av/Jefferson Av B60
    760 feet
    B60

Next buses at this stop

  1. B60 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Central Avenue and Jefferson Avenue.

  • 15 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Central Ave & Weirfield St 21 docks in all
    500 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 1.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 952 Wyckoff Avenue Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 342 Eldert Street Charging for electric cars, 21 Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 1074 Grand Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.2 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.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, February 2021

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11221
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 4
City Council district
37
Police precinct
83
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bushwick (East)
Elevation
33 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 11 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 57 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 32 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2017 and December 2019, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Central Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

West side of Central Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

North side of Jefferson Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Jefferson Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 1 community center
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 garden
  • 1 park
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Kreative Kare Day Care Center Preschool · Pre-K
    870 feet
  2. P.S. 106 Edward Everett Hale School
    1,110 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Woodbine Street Block Association Garden
    1,070 feet
  2. Irving Square Park
    1,240 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Trinity United Presbyterian Church House of worship
    1,140 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Hope Gardens Community Center
    1,220 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

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

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Central Avenue or Jefferson Avenue.

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 Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.