Jefferson Street & Cypress Avenue

Jefferson Street and Cypress Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Ridgewood, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Starr Playground is 1,260 feet away. The nearest subway, Jefferson St, is about four minutes on foot, for the L. Within a five-minute walk are three public places and 31 places to eat. About 600 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built in 1931, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
1 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Jefferson St
1,010 feet · 4 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
250 feet
Flushing Av/Cypress Av · B57
Within a walk
3 places
1 listed historic place, 1 playground and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Jefferson Street & Cypress Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Jefferson St, 1,010 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  1. Jefferson St L
    1,010 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
    0.4 miles
    L

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Flushing Av/Cypress Av, 250 feet away, for the B57.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Flushing Av/Cypress Av B57
    250 feet
    B57

Next buses at this stop

  1. B57 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 30 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 13 of them on-street corrals
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Jefferson St & Cypress Ave 25 docks in all
    40 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Long Island Expressway eastbound at Borden Avenue & 60th Street, 1.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 18-84 Flushing Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 150 Noll Street Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles
  3. 1074 Grand Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported five 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 September 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11237
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 4
City Council district
34
Police precinct
83 and 104 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Ridgewood
Elevation
26 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 600 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.

Trees

NYC Parks records 31 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 13 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2016 and March 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

West side of Cypress Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Jefferson Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 3AM-6AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

South side of Jefferson Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 3AM-6AM

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Dutch Colonial, and built between 1750 and 1775.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Three public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 playground
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. J.H.S. 162 the Willoughby School
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Starr Playground
    1,260 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Vander Ende--Onderdonk House Site Listed historic place
    1,150 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 31 places to eat and eight food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 15 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Cypress Avenue or Jefferson Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.