Myrtle Avenue & Evergreen Avenue

Myrtle Avenue and Evergreen Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Bushwick (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Buena Vida Rehabilitation and Nursing Center is 660 feet away. The nearest subway, Central Av, is about three minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 17 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and 19 places to eat. About 2,500 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
4 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Central Av
810 feet · 3 min on foot · M
Nearest bus stop
30 feet
Myrtle Av/Evergreen Av · B54
Within a walk
17 places
8 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Myrtle Avenue & Evergreen Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Central Av, 810 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Central Av M
    810 feet
    M

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Myrtle Av J, M, Z
    0.3 miles
    J M Z
  2. Kosciuszko St J
    0.4 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 Myrtle Av/Evergreen Av, 30 feet away, for the B54.

  • 14 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Myrtle Av/Evergreen Av B54
    30 feet
    B54

Next buses at this stop

  1. B54 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Evergreen Avenue and Myrtle Avenue.

  • 15 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 5 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Willoughby Ave & Myrtle Ave 19 docks in all
    500 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Borinquen Place, 1.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1199 Myrtle Avenue Gas station
    1,110 feet
  2. 73 Starr Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, October 2023

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
54 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 160 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 63 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2015 and September 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Evergreen Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

West side of Evergreen Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

North side of Myrtle Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 3AM-6AM

South side of Myrtle Avenue

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

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as American Round Arch, and built between 1889 and 1890.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seventeen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 8 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 gardens
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 nursing home or hospice
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Bushwick United Early Learn Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    370 feet
  2. Bushwick United Head Start Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,130 feet
  3. Bushwick Leaders High School for Academic Excellence School
    1,180 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Freedom Triangle
    710 feet
  2. EL Garden
    800 feet
  3. Know Waste Lands Garden
    940 feet
Show all 4
  1. Fermi Playground
    1,260 feet

Health care

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

Fire and police

  1. Engine 218 Fire station
    870 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    930 feet
  2. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 19 places to eat and 18 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Evergreen Avenue or Myrtle Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.