Jefferson Avenue & Evergreen Avenue

Jefferson Avenue and Evergreen Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Bushwick (East), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. P.S. 299 Thomas Warren Field is 1,090 feet away. The nearest subway, Halsey St, is about seven minutes on foot, for the J. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, seven of them religious buildings, and three places to eat. About 2,000 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1910 and 1923, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
1 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Halsey St
0.4 miles · 7 min on foot · J
Nearest bus stop
870 feet
Halsey St/Evergreen Av · B26
Within a walk
10 places
7 religious buildings, 1 community center and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Jefferson Avenue & Evergreen Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Halsey St, 0.4 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  1. Halsey St J
    0.4 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 Halsey St/Evergreen Av, 870 feet away, for the B26.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Halsey St/Evergreen Av B26
    870 feet
    B26

Next buses at this stop

  1. B26 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Jefferson Ave & Evergreen Ave 17 docks in all
    40 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 1.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 952 Wyckoff Avenue Gas station
    0.8 miles
  2. 342 Eldert Street Charging for electric cars, 21 Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.

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
45 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • 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. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1910 and 1923.

Since 2014 at least 12 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 51 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 34 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2017 and December 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Evergreen Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

West side of Evergreen Avenue

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

North side of Jefferson Avenue

  • No parking 10 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 10 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

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 1 community center
  • 1 playground
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 299 Thomas Warren Field School
    1,090 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Tiger Playground
    1,090 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Restoration Worship Temple House of worship
    1,000 feet
  2. Bushwick United Methodist Church Listed historic place
    1,090 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Salvation Army Brooklyn Bushwick Corps Community Center
    1,030 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are three places to eat and eight 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 Evergreen Avenue or Jefferson Avenue.

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.