Putnam Avenue & Ridgewood Place

Putnam Avenue and Ridgewood Place meet at a three-way junction in Bushwick (East), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Academy for Excellence in Leadership is 870 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 15 public places, four of them schools, and 33 places to eat. About 1,700 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1910 and 1931, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Myrtle-Wyckoff Avs
1,100 feet · 4 min on foot · L, M
Nearest bus stop
510 feet
Wyckoff Av/Madison St · B26
Within a walk
15 places
4 schools, 3 religious buildings and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Putnam Avenue & Ridgewood Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Myrtle-Wyckoff Avs, 1,100 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Myrtle-Wyckoff Avs L, M
    1,100 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. Halsey St L
    0.3 miles
    L
  2. Seneca Av M
    0.5 miles
    M

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, 510 feet away, for the B26.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B26 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 27 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Putnam Ave & Wyckoff Ave 24 docks in all
    290 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway westbound at Vermont Place & J Robinson Parkway, 1.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1517 Myrtle Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 391 Weirfield Street Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 66-26 Metropolitan Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported six crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

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
60 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 1910 and 1931.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 60 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 10 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2016 and April 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Putnam Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Ridgewood Place

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY NOON-1:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 schools
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 3 trade or language schools
  • 1 library
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Academy for Excellence in Leadership School
    870 feet
  2. The Academy of Urban Planning and Engineering School
    870 feet
  3. The Brooklyn School for Math and Research School
    870 feet
Show all 7
  1. The Brooklyn School for Social Justice School
    870 feet
  2. New York Career and Business School, Trade or language school
    1,040 feet
  3. Ultissima Beauty Inst-Ridgewood Trade or language school
    1,040 feet
  4. Love and Care Health Career Center Trade or language school
    1,050 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Bushwick Playground
    730 feet
  2. Myrtle Avenue Clemens Triangle
    1,270 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Wyckoff Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,270 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Washington Irving Library
    1,000 feet
  2. Cornelia-Putnam Historic District Listed historic place
    1,150 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    580 feet
  2. Billy's Marketplace Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    1,080 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 33 places to eat and 20 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 Putnam Avenue or Ridgewood Place.

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