Putnam Avenue & Wilson Avenue

Putnam Avenue and Wilson 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. Borinquen Community Garden is 560 feet away, and Trinity United Presbyterian Church is 990 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Wilson Av/Putnam Av, is 40 feet away for the B60, and five bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 14 public places, six of them schools, and 13 places to eat.

Safety record
18 hurt
29 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Jackie Robinson Parkway
1.5 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
40 feet
Wilson Av/Putnam Av · B60
Within a walk
14 places
6 schools, 3 religious buildings and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Putnam Avenue & Wilson Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Wilson Av/Putnam Av, 40 feet away, for the B60.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Wilson Av/Putnam Av B60
    40 feet
    B60

Next buses at this stop

  1. B60 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 24 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Putnam Ave & Knickerbocker Ave 29 docks in all
    810 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
    0.6 miles
  2. 1510 Gates Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.5 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.

  • 18 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 5 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

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 (East)
Elevation
38 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 5 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 47 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2018 and May 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Putnam Avenue

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

South side of Putnam Avenue

  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

East side of Wilson Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

West side of Wilson Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 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
  • 2 gardens
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 106 Edward Everett Hale School
    250 feet
  2. Kreative Kare Day Care Center Preschool · Pre-K
    320 feet
  3. Achievement First North Brooklyn Preparatory Charter School
    600 feet
Show all 7
  1. P.S. 377 Alejandrina B. de Gautier School
    600 feet
  2. Math, Engineering and Science Academy Charter High School
    1,050 feet
  3. Bushwick Community High School
    1,150 feet
  4. J.H.S. 291 Roland Hayes School
    1,150 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Borinquen Community Garden
    560 feet
  2. Bushwick Playground
    810 feet
  3. Irving Square Park
    1,090 feet
Show all 4
  1. Woodbine Street Block Association Garden
    1,210 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Trinity United Presbyterian Church House of worship
    990 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 13 places to eat and 12 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Putnam Avenue or Wilson Avenue.

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.