Jefferson Avenue & Wilson Avenue

Jefferson Avenue and Wilson Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Bushwick (East), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 23 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Irving Square Park is 570 feet away. The nearest subway, Wilson Av, is about nine minutes on foot, for the L. Within a five-minute walk are 14 public places, six of them religious buildings, and 19 places to eat. About 1,900 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1905 and 1920, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
12 hurt
23 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Wilson Av
0.5 miles · 9 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
100 feet
Wilson Av/Jefferson Av · B60
Within a walk
14 places
6 religious buildings, 4 schools and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Jefferson Avenue & Wilson Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Wilson Av, 0.5 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  1. Wilson Av L
    0.5 miles
    L

Next trains at this station

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Wilson Av/Jefferson Av, 100 feet away, for the B60.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B60 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Jefferson Avenue.

  • 31 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Knickerbocker Ave & Hancock St 22 docks in all
    920 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. 952 Wyckoff Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 342 Eldert Street Charging for electric cars, 21 Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 1074 Grand Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 23 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 12 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 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
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1905 and 1920.

Trees

NYC Parks records 54 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the green ash and the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 25 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2018 and August 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Jefferson Avenue

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

South side of Jefferson Avenue

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Wilson Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

West side of Wilson Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fourteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 4 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 garden
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Kreative Kare Day Care Center Preschool · Pre-K
    200 feet
  2. P.S. 106 Edward Everett Hale School
    430 feet
  3. Achievement First North Brooklyn Preparatory Charter School
    1,120 feet
Show all 5
  1. P.S. 377 Alejandrina B. de Gautier School
    1,120 feet
  2. Bushwick Ascend Charter School
    1,170 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Irving Square Park
    570 feet
  2. Borinquen Community Garden
    1,080 feet
  3. Irving Square Park Playground
    1,150 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Trinity United Presbyterian Church House of worship
    470 feet
  2. St Martin of Tours RC Church House of worship
    1,000 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 19 places to eat and 11 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 Jefferson Avenue or Wilson 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 and NYS Agriculture and Markets, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.