Menahan Street & St Nicholas Avenue

Menahan Street and St Nicholas Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Bushwick (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 18 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. St Brigids RC Church is 480 feet away. The nearest subway, Myrtle-Wyckoff Avs, is about six minutes on foot, for the L and M. Within a five-minute walk are 14 public places, six of them religious buildings, and 43 places to eat. About 2,400 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1920 and 1931, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
5 hurt
18 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Myrtle-Wyckoff Avs
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · L, M
Nearest bus stop
630 feet
Wyckoff Av/Menahan St · B13
Within a walk
14 places
6 religious buildings, 4 day care or pre-K sites and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Menahan Street & St Nicholas Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Myrtle-Wyckoff Avs, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Myrtle-Wyckoff Avs L, M
    0.3 miles
    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. DeKalb Av L
    0.3 miles
    L
  2. Seneca Av M
    0.4 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 Wyckoff Av/Menahan St, 630 feet away, for the B13.

  • 12 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Wyckoff Av/Menahan St B13
    630 feet
    B13

Next buses at this stop

  1. B13 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Menahan St & Wyckoff Ave 20 docks in all
    580 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway westbound at Vermont Place & J Robinson Parkway, 1.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1517 Myrtle Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 1510 Gates Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 66-26 Metropolitan Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 18 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, August 2022

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11237
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 4
City Council district
34 and 37 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
83 and 104 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bushwick (West)
Elevation
65 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 2,400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1920 and 1931.

Since 2014 at least 29 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 75 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the green ash.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2018 and August 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Menahan Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of Menahan Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

East side of St Nicholas Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of St Nicholas Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fourteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 schools
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 listed historic place

Schools and child care

  1. St Brigid Catholic Academy School
    370 feet
  2. New Life Child Development Center 3 Pre-K
    560 feet
  3. New Life Child Development Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    600 feet
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  1. New Life Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    600 feet
  2. P.S. 81q Jean Paul Richter School
    720 feet
  3. Kid's Canvas Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    1,150 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Cypress Avenue West Historic District Listed historic place
    1,000 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Brigids RC Church House of worship
    480 feet

Fire and police

  1. Battalion 28/Engine 271/Ladder 124 Fire station
    1,120 feet

Bank branches

  1. Capital One Bank branch
    1,290 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    900 feet
  2. Billy's Marketplace Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 43 places to eat and 19 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Menahan Street or St Nicholas 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, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.