Myrtle Avenue & Stanhope Street

Myrtle Avenue and Stanhope Street meet at a four-way crossing in Bushwick (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Know Waste Lands is 920 feet away. The nearest subway, Central Av, is about four minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 21 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and 39 places to eat. About 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
6 hurt
11 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Central Av
1,000 feet · 4 min on foot · M
Nearest bus stop
150 feet
Myrtle Av/Wilson Av · B54
Within a walk
21 places
8 religious buildings, 5 day care or pre-K sites and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Myrtle Avenue & Stanhope Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Central Av, 1,000 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Central Av M
    1,000 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
    1,150 feet
    M
  2. DeKalb Av L
    0.4 miles
    L

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/Wilson Av, 150 feet away, for the B54.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Myrtle Av/Wilson Av B54
    150 feet
    B54

Next buses at this stop

  1. B54 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Stockholm St & Wilson Ave 23 docks in all
    490 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway westbound at Vermont Place & J Robinson Parkway, 1.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1517 Myrtle Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 73 Starr Street 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 11 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 November 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, August 2019
  • Leading pedestrian interval, July 2021

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11221
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 4
City Council district
37
Police precinct
83
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bushwick (West)
Elevation
33 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 31 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

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

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 19 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2017 and March 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Myrtle Avenue

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

South side of Myrtle Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 3AM-6AM

North side of Stanhope Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of Stanhope Street

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

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Romanesque Revival, and built between 1894 and 1895.

  1. 20th Precinct Police Station House and Stable Designated landmark
    530 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 21 public places.

  • 8 religious buildings
  • 5 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 schools
  • 2 gardens
  • 1 fire station
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Brooklyn United Children Preschool
    110 feet
  2. Bushwick United Housing Development Fund Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    110 feet
  3. Efficient Care Training Trade or language school
    700 feet
Show all 9
  1. P.S. 376 School
    840 feet
  2. Bushwick United Head Start Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    870 feet
  3. Kid's Canvas Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,040 feet
  4. Achievement First Bushwick Charter School
    1,180 feet
  5. J.H.S. 383 Philippa Schuyler School
    1,180 feet
  6. The New Life Child Development Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,260 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Stockholm Street Garden
    610 feet
  2. Know Waste Lands Garden
    920 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Knickerbocker Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,180 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Sinai Christian Church House of worship
    1,100 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 218 Fire station
    1,200 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    870 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Met Fresh Supermarket
    520 feet
  2. Fine Fare Supermarket
    980 feet
  3. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    1,200 feet

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 39 places to eat and 24 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 16 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Myrtle Avenue or Stanhope Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, 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.