Myrtle Avenue & Irving Avenue

Myrtle Avenue and Irving Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Bushwick (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 15 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. P.S. 116 Elizabeth L Farrell is 800 feet away. The nearest subway, Myrtle-Wyckoff Avs, is about four minutes on foot, for the L and M. Within a five-minute walk are 24 public places, six of them day care or pre-K sites, and 71 places to eat. About 2,400 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built in 1931, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
6 hurt
15 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Myrtle-Wyckoff Avs
1,040 feet · 4 min on foot · L, M
Nearest bus stop
170 feet
Myrtle Av/Irving Av · B54
Within a walk
24 places
6 day care or pre-K sites, 5 religious buildings and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Myrtle Avenue & Irving Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Myrtle-Wyckoff Avs, 1,040 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Myrtle-Wyckoff Avs L, M
    1,040 feet
    L M

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. L …
Outbound
1 line
  1. L …
Inbound
1 line
  1. M …
Middle Village
1 line
  1. M …

Also within a walk

  1. Knickerbocker Av M
    1,140 feet
    M
  2. DeKalb Av L
    0.4 miles
    L

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “From Earth to Sky” (2006) by Cadence Giersbach at the Myrtle-Wyckoff Avs station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Myrtle Av/Irving Av, 170 feet away, for the B54.

  • 13 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Myrtle Av/Irving Av B54
    170 feet
    B54

Next buses at this stop

  1. B54 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Irving Avenue.

  • 55 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 7 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Myrtle Ave & Grove St 23 docks in all
    140 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway westbound at Vermont Place & J Robinson Parkway, 1.5 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 15 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 6 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in July 2025.

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
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 2,400 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.

Since 2014 at least 57 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 46 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the Callery pear and the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 13 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2016 and April 2022, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Irving Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

West side of Irving Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Myrtle Avenue

  • No parking 3 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 Romanesque Revival, and built between 1897 and 1899.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 24 public places.

  • 6 day care or pre-K sites
  • 5 religious buildings
  • 4 schools
  • 2 community centers
  • 2 parks
  • 5 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Kid's Canvas Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    380 feet
  2. ABC Learning Center Trade or language school
    730 feet
  3. P.S. 116 Elizabeth L Farrell School · landmark
    800 feet
Show all 11
  1. All City Leadership Secondary School
    850 feet
  2. Kreative Kare Day Care Center Pre-K
    880 feet
  3. New Life Child Development Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    930 feet
  4. New Life Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    930 feet
  5. Kreative Kare Too Nursery School Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    940 feet
  6. New Life Child Development Center 3 Pre-K
    1,100 feet
  7. P.S. 086 the Irvington School
    1,100 feet
  8. St Brigid Catholic Academy School
    1,240 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Hope Ballfield Park
    780 feet
  2. Heisser Triangle
    880 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Wyckoff Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    990 feet
  2. Knickerbocker Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,150 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Washington Irving Library
    1,000 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Brigids RC Church House of worship
    1,110 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Ridgewood Bushwick Youth Center Community center
    850 feet
  2. Wyckoff Community Center
    870 feet

Fire and police

  1. 83rd Precinct Police station
    1,220 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    850 feet
  2. Capital One Bank branch
    950 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    1,300 feet
  2. Met Fresh Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    1,220 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 71 places to eat and 29 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Irving Avenue 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.