Madison Street & Bushwick Avenue

Madison Street and Bushwick Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Bushwick (East), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 25 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Bushwick United Methodist Church is 150 feet away. The nearest subway, Gates Av, is about seven minutes on foot, for the J and Z. Within a five-minute walk are 25 public places, 11 of them religious buildings, and eight places to eat. About 1,900 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
16 hurt
25 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Gates Av
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · J, Z
Nearest bus stop
730 feet
Broadway/Madison St · Q24
Within a walk
25 places
11 religious buildings, 4 gardens and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Madison Street & Bushwick Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Gates Av, 0.3 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Gates Av J, Z
    0.3 miles
    J Z

Next trains at this station

Outbound
2 lines
  1. J …
  2. Z …
Manhattan
2 lines
  1. J …
  2. Z …

Also within a walk

  1. Halsey St J
    0.4 miles
    J

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Dream Train” (2002) by Chris Wade Robinson at the Gates Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Broadway/Madison St, 730 feet away, for the Q24.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Broadway/Madison St Q24
    730 feet
    Q24

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q24 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Broadway & Madison St 25 docks in all
    660 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 1.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1534 Bushwick Avenue Gas station
    0.9 miles
  2. 824 Lexington Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 25 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, January 2017

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
50 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.

Since 2014 at least 84 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 56 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 37 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2017 and April 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Bushwick Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 6 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM

West side of Bushwick Avenue

  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 4PM-7PM

North side of Madison Street

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

South side of Madison Street

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

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, and built between 1919 and 1920.

  1. Ridgewood Masonic Temple Designated landmark
    720 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 25 public places.

  • 11 religious buildings
  • 4 gardens
  • 4 schools
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 older adult centers
  • 1 community center

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 299 Thomas Warren Field School
    640 feet
  2. Hospital Clinic Home Center Instructional Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    830 feet
  3. Kids-Centric, Inc Ace Integration School
    900 feet
Show all 7
  1. Brooklyn High School for Law and Technology School
    1,010 feet
  2. Traditional Educational Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,060 feet
  3. Early Life Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,130 feet
  4. People's Elementary School
    1,170 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Madison Street Community Garden
    330 feet
  2. Umoja Garden
    790 feet
  3. Woodbine Street Block Association Garden
    1,290 feet
Show all 4
  1. New Madison Harvest Community Garden
    1,290 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Bushwick United Methodist Church Listed historic place
    150 feet
  2. Restoration Worship Temple House of worship
    470 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Salvation Army Brooklyn Bushwick Corps Community Center
    330 feet
  2. Older adult center at 85 Palmetto Street Older adult center
    1,010 feet
  3. Older adult center at 1175 Gates Avenue Older adult center
    1,190 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are eight places to eat and 12 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Bushwick Avenue or Madison Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, 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.