Myrtle Avenue & Cedar Street

Myrtle Avenue and Cedar Street meet at a four-way crossing in Bushwick (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 20 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Know Waste Lands is 30 feet away. The nearest subway, Central Av, is about a minute on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 20 public places, nine of them religious buildings, and 23 places to eat. About 2,000 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
8 hurt
20 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Central Av
70 feet · 1 min on foot · M
Nearest bus stop
130 feet
De Kalb Av/Myrtle Av · B38
Within a walk
20 places
9 religious buildings, 5 day care or pre-K sites and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Myrtle Avenue & Cedar Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Central Av, 70 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Central Av M
    70 feet
    M

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Knickerbocker Av M
    0.4 miles
    M
  2. Kosciuszko St J
    0.5 miles
    J

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Generation Dynamica” (2013) by George Bates at the Central Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is De Kalb Av/Myrtle Av, 130 feet away, for the B38.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. De Kalb Av/Myrtle Av B38 · Shelter
    130 feet
    B38
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B38 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on Myrtle Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Cedar St & Myrtle Ave 27 docks in all
    80 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Borinquen Place, 2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1199 Myrtle Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 73 Starr Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 20 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11221
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 4
City Council district
34
Police precinct
83
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bushwick (West)
Elevation
44 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.

Since 2014 at least 130 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 57 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 27 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2019 and April 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Cedar Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Cedar Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Myrtle Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 3AM-6AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Myrtle Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 3AM-6AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twenty public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 9 religious buildings
  • 5 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 gardens
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Bushwick United Head Start Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    210 feet
  2. Bushwick United Early Learn Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    670 feet
  3. Bushwick United Housing Development Fund Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    940 feet
Show all 5
  1. Brooklyn United Children Preschool
    1,030 feet
  2. Kid's Canvas Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,230 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Know Waste Lands Garden
    30 feet
  2. Stockholm Street Garden
    810 feet
  3. Fermi Playground
    1,170 feet

Health care

  1. Buena Vida Rehabilitation and Nursing Center Nursing home or hospice
    690 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Eighty-Third Precinct Police Station and Stable Listed historic place
    1,020 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 218 Fire station
    270 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    50 feet
  2. Met Fresh Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 23 places to eat and 15 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 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Cedar Street or Myrtle Avenue.

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.