Madison Street & Wilson Avenue

Madison Street and Wilson Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Bushwick (East), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. P.S. 377 Alejandrina B. de Gautier is 340 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Wilson Av/Woodbine St, is 170 feet away for the B60, and five bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 20 public places, seven of them schools, and 12 places to eat. About 1,600 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
1 hurt
10 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Jackie Robinson Parkway
1.6 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
170 feet
Wilson Av/Woodbine St · B60
Within a walk
20 places
7 schools, 4 religious buildings and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Madison Street & Wilson Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Wilson Av/Woodbine St, 170 feet away, for the B60.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Wilson Av/Woodbine St B60
    170 feet
    B60

Next buses at this stop

  1. B60 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Central Ave & Woodbine St 18 docks in all
    890 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway westbound at Vermont Place & J Robinson Parkway, 1.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1517 Myrtle Avenue Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 1510 Gates Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 1074 Grand Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in August 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, March 2021
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, March 2021

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
33 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • 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.

Since 2014 at least 16 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 54 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 26 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2017 and July 2022, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Madison Street

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY NOON-1:30PM

South side of Madison Street

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY NOON-1:30PM

East side of Wilson Avenue

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

West side of Wilson Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twenty public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 schools
  • 4 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 gardens
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Achievement First North Brooklyn Preparatory Charter School
    340 feet
  2. P.S. 377 Alejandrina B. de Gautier School
    340 feet
  3. P.S. 106 Edward Everett Hale School
    510 feet
Show all 9
  1. Kreative Kare Day Care Center Preschool · Pre-K
    580 feet
  2. Math, Engineering and Science Academy Charter High School
    790 feet
  3. Bushwick Community High School
    890 feet
  4. J.H.S. 291 Roland Hayes School
    890 feet
  5. Aim High - New Life Child Devel School
    1,090 feet
  6. The New Life Child Development Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,130 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Borinquen Community Garden
    460 feet
  2. Bushwick Playground
    710 feet
  3. Woodbine Street Block Association Garden
    960 feet
Show all 4
  1. Heckscher Playground
    1,270 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Trinity United Presbyterian Church House of worship
    1,250 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Hope Gardens Community Center
    1,110 feet
  2. Older adult center at 195 Linden Street Older adult center
    1,270 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 277/Ladder 112 Fire station
    1,220 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Madison Street or Wilson Avenue.

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, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.