Putnam Avenue & Irving Avenue

Putnam Avenue and Irving Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Bushwick (East), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 29 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Bushwick Playground is 360 feet away, and the Brooklyn School for Social Justice is 510 feet away. The nearest subway, Myrtle-Wyckoff Avs, is about six minutes on foot, for the L and M. Within a five-minute walk are 14 public places, six of them schools, and 15 places to eat.

Safety record
6 hurt
29 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Myrtle-Wyckoff Avs
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · L, M
Nearest bus stop
870 feet
Wyckoff Av/Madison St · B26
Within a walk
14 places
6 schools, 3 religious buildings and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Putnam Avenue & Irving Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Myrtle-Wyckoff Avs, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Myrtle-Wyckoff Avs L, M
    0.3 miles
    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. Halsey St 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 Wyckoff Av/Madison St, 870 feet away, for the B26.

  • 14 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Wyckoff Av/Madison St B26
    870 feet
    B26

Next buses at this stop

  1. B26 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Irving Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Putnam Ave & Knickerbocker Ave 29 docks in all
    610 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway westbound at Vermont Place & J Robinson Parkway, 1.2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 952 Wyckoff Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 391 Weirfield Street Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. 1074 Grand Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 29 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

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 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 (East)
Elevation
57 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 1,700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1901 and 1931.

Since 2014 at least 12 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 72 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2020 and August 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Irving Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

West side of Irving Avenue

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

North side of Putnam Avenue

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Putnam Avenue

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fourteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 schools
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 1 community center
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 garden
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Academy for Excellence in Leadership School
    510 feet
  2. The Academy of Urban Planning and Engineering School
    510 feet
  3. The Brooklyn School for Math and Research School
    510 feet
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  1. The Brooklyn School for Social Justice School
    510 feet
  2. The New Life Child Development Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,050 feet
  3. All City Leadership Secondary School
    1,060 feet
  4. Aim High - New Life Child Devel School
    1,160 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Bushwick Playground
    360 feet
  2. Borinquen Community Garden
    1,090 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Washington Irving Library
    640 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Ridgewood Bushwick Youth Center Community center
    1,190 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    940 feet
  2. Billy's Marketplace Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 15 places to eat and 17 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Irving Avenue or Putnam 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, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.