Myrtle Avenue & Harman Street

Myrtle Avenue and Harman Street meet at a four-way crossing in Bushwick (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 22 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Knickerbocker Plaza is 450 feet away. The nearest subway, Knickerbocker Av, is about two minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 23 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 37 places to eat. About 2,000 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
6 hurt
22 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Knickerbocker Av
410 feet · 2 min on foot · M
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
Myrtle Av/Harman St · B54
Within a walk
23 places
7 religious buildings, 5 schools and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Myrtle Avenue & Harman Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Knickerbocker Av, 410 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

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

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Central Av M
    0.3 miles
    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/Harman St, 110 feet away, for the B54.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Myrtle Av/Harman St B54
    110 feet
    B54

Next buses at this stop

  1. B54 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Harman Street.

  • 39 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway westbound at Vermont Place & J Robinson Parkway, 1.8 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. 1074 Grand Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 22 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 6 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 4 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

  • Leading pedestrian interval, April 2016

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
32 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 23 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 59 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2018 and February 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Harman Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

South side of Harman Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

North side of Myrtle Avenue

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 3AM-6AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Myrtle Avenue

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

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 303289, 303290 and 310814.

Monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

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
    610 feet
  2. Untitled Stainless Steel Sculpture Sculpture by Todd Williams, 1983
    630 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 23 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Efficient Care Training Trade or language school
    90 feet
  2. P.S. 376 School
    280 feet
  3. The New Life Child Development Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    540 feet
Show all 10
  1. Brooklyn United Children Preschool
    840 feet
  2. Bushwick United Housing Development Fund Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    840 feet
  3. ABC Learning Center Trade or language school
    860 feet
  4. Achievement First Bushwick Charter School
    870 feet
  5. J.H.S. 383 Philippa Schuyler School
    870 feet
  6. P.S. 086 the Irvington School
    1,060 feet
  7. P.S. 116 Elizabeth L Farrell School
    1,070 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Heisser Triangle
    670 feet
  2. Hope Ballfield Park
    970 feet
  3. Stockholm Street Garden
    1,070 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Knickerbocker Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    450 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Eighty-Third Precinct Police Station and Stable Listed historic place
    1,180 feet

Fire and police

  1. 83rd Precinct Police station
    980 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    710 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    860 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    1,200 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 37 places to eat and 27 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

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