Myrtle Avenue & Hart Street

Myrtle Avenue and Hart Street meet at a four-way crossing in Bushwick (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 26 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. The Engine 218 firehouse is 450 feet away. The nearest subway, Central Av, is about a minute on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 18 public places, nine of them religious buildings, and 18 places to eat. About 2,200 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
11 hurt
26 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Central Av
390 feet · 1 min on foot · M
Nearest bus stop
100 feet
Myrtle Av/Hart St · B54
Within a walk
18 places
9 religious buildings, 3 gardens and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Myrtle Avenue & Hart Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Central Av, 390 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Central Av M
    390 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
    0.4 miles
    J M Z
  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 Myrtle Av/Hart St, 100 feet away, for the B54.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Myrtle Av/Hart St B54
    100 feet
    B54

Next buses at this stop

  1. B54 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Cedar St & Myrtle Ave 27 docks in all
    490 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
    0.3 miles
  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
    1.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 26 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 11 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 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, October 2022
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, October 2022

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
50 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 139 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 48 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 28 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2018 and April 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Hart Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING FIRE ZONE
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM

South side of Hart Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Myrtle Avenue

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 3AM-6AM

South side of Myrtle Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 3AM-6AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eighteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Bushwick United Early Learn Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    170 feet
  2. Bushwick United Head Start Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    710 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Know Waste Lands Garden
    520 feet
  2. Freedom Triangle
    1,130 feet
  3. EL Garden
    1,220 feet
Show all 5
  1. Fermi Playground
    1,270 feet
  2. Stockholm Street Garden
    1,310 feet

Health care

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

Fire and police

  1. Engine 218 Fire station
    450 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    510 feet
  2. Met Fresh Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    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 18 places to eat and 14 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 Hart 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 Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.