Madison Street & Irving Avenue

Madison Street and Irving Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Bushwick (East), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Academy for Excellence in Leadership is 250 feet away, and the Brooklyn School for Math and Research is 250 feet away. The nearest subway, Myrtle-Wyckoff Avs, is about five minutes on foot, for the L and M. Within a five-minute walk are 17 public places, six of them religious buildings, and 26 places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Myrtle-Wyckoff Avs
1,290 feet · 5 min on foot · L, M
Nearest bus stop
900 feet
Gates Av/Irving Av · B52
Within a walk
17 places
6 religious buildings, 6 schools and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Madison Street & Irving Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Myrtle-Wyckoff Avs, 1,290 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Myrtle-Wyckoff Avs L, M
    1,290 feet
    L M

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. L …
Outbound
1 line
  1. L …
Inbound
1 line
  1. M …
Middle Village
1 line
  1. M …

Also within a walk

  1. Halsey St L
    0.4 miles
    L
  2. Knickerbocker Av M
    0.5 miles
    M

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “From Earth to Sky” (2006) by Cadence Giersbach at the Myrtle-Wyckoff Avs station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Gates Av/Irving Av, 900 feet away, for the B52.

  • 14 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Gates Av/Irving Av B52
    900 feet
    B52

Next buses at this stop

  1. B52 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Irving Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Irving Ave & Palmetto St 20 docks in all
    560 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway westbound at Vermont Place & J Robinson Parkway, 1.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1517 Myrtle Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 391 Weirfield Street Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. 66-26 Metropolitan Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11237
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 4
City Council district
37
Police precinct
83
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bushwick (East)
Elevation
55 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1909 and 1931.

Since 2014 at least 30 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 52 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
  • 10 signs on these blocks
  • 3 different rules

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

East side of Irving Avenue

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

North side of Madison Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY NOON-1:30PM

South side of Madison Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY NOON-1:30PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seventeen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 6 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 community center
  • 1 library
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Academy for Excellence in Leadership School
    250 feet
  2. The Academy of Urban Planning and Engineering School
    250 feet
  3. The Brooklyn School for Math and Research School
    250 feet
Show all 8
  1. The Brooklyn School for Social Justice School
    250 feet
  2. The New Life Child Development Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    790 feet
  3. All City Leadership Secondary School
    800 feet
  4. Aim High - New Life Child Devel School
    900 feet
  5. Kreative Kare Daycare Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,060 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Bushwick Playground
    340 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Washington Irving Library
    380 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Ridgewood Bushwick Youth Center Community center
    930 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    680 feet
  2. Billy's Marketplace Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    1,190 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 26 places to eat and 21 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 nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Irving Avenue or Madison Street.

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.