Myrtle Avenue & Bleecker Street

Myrtle Avenue and Bleecker Street meet at a four-way crossing in Bushwick (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 41 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. The statue “Bushwick-Ridgewood Memorial” is 130 feet away. The nearest subway, Knickerbocker Av, is about a minute on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 19 public places, five of them schools, and 47 places to eat. About 2,000 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built in 1931, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
15 hurt
41 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Knickerbocker Av
340 feet · 1 min on foot · M
Nearest bus stop
220 feet
Myrtle Av/Knickerbocker Av · B54, M90
Within a walk
19 places
5 schools, 4 day care or pre-K sites and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Myrtle Avenue & Bleecker Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Knickerbocker Av, 340 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Knickerbocker Av M
    340 feet
    M

Next trains at this station

Inbound
1 line
  1. M …
Middle Village
1 line
  1. M …

Also within a walk

  1. Myrtle-Wyckoff Avs L, M
    0.3 miles
    L M
  2. DeKalb Av L
    0.4 miles
    L

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “The Digs” (2013) by Cal Lane at the Knickerbocker Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Myrtle Av/Knickerbocker Av, 220 feet away, for the B54 and M90.

  • 13 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Myrtle Av/Knickerbocker Av B54, M90
    220 feet
    B54 M90

Next buses at this stop

  1. B54 …
  2. M90 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 35 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Greene Ave & Myrtle Ave 30 docks in all
    440 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway westbound at Vermont Place & J Robinson Parkway, 1.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1517 Myrtle Avenue Gas station
    1,020 feet
  2. 1510 Gates Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. 1074 Grand Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 41 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, April 2016
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, February 2024

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 (West)
Elevation
33 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,000 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 51 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 25 signs on these blocks
  • 11 different rules
  • 3 active meters
  • 3 pay-by-cell zones

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

North side of Bleecker Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of Bleecker Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-4PM

North side of Myrtle Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 3AM-6AM

South side of Myrtle Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 3AM-6AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 301342, 310242 and 331752.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Two buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Romanesque Revival, and built between 1892 and 1899.

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists two works near this corner, the nearest in Heisser Triangle.

  1. Bushwick-Ridgewood Memorial Statue by Pietro Montana, 1921
    130 feet
  2. Untitled Stainless Steel Sculpture Sculpture by Todd Williams, 1983
    220 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nineteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 schools
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 4 religious buildings
  • 2 parks
  • 2 trade or language schools
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. ABC Learning Center Trade or language school
    130 feet
  2. The New Life Child Development Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    550 feet
  3. P.S. 116 Elizabeth L Farrell School · landmark
    570 feet
Show all 11
  1. Achievement First Bushwick Charter School
    770 feet
  2. J.H.S. 383 Philippa Schuyler School
    770 feet
  3. Efficient Care Training Trade or language school
    810 feet
  4. Kreative Kare Too Nursery School Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    940 feet
  5. Kreative Kare Day Care Center Pre-K
    960 feet
  6. P.S. 376 School
    1,000 feet
  7. P.S. 086 the Irvington School
    1,090 feet
  8. Kid's Canvas Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    1,110 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Heisser Triangle
    80 feet
  2. Hope Ballfield Park
    470 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Knickerbocker Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    360 feet

Fire and police

  1. 83rd Precinct Police station
    480 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    50 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,100 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Met Fresh Supermarket
    1,000 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 47 places to eat and 27 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 14 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Bleecker Street or Myrtle 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.