Starr Street & Wyckoff Avenue

Starr Street and Wyckoff Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Bushwick (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 28 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Maria Hernandez Park is 840 feet away. The nearest subway, Jefferson St, is about a minute on foot, for the L. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, two of them schools, and 64 places to eat. About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built in 1931, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
3 hurt
28 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Jefferson St
50 feet · 1 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
40 feet
Wyckoff Av/Starr St · L90
Within a walk
6 places
2 schools, 1 dog run and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Starr Street & Wyckoff Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Jefferson St, 50 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  1. Jefferson St L
    50 feet
    L

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. L …
Outbound
1 line
  1. L …

Also within a walk

  1. DeKalb Av L
    1,010 feet
    L

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Wyckoff Av/Starr St, 40 feet away, for the L90.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Wyckoff Av/Starr St L90
    40 feet
    L90

Next buses at this stop

  1. L90 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Starr Street.

  • 41 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 4 of them on-street corrals
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Willoughby Ave & Wyckoff Ave 23 docks in all
    290 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Long Island Expressway eastbound at Borden Avenue & 60th Street, 2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1119 Flushing Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 73 Starr Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 1074 Grand Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 28 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11237
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 4
City Council district
34
Police precinct
83
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bushwick (West)
Elevation
27 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,200 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.

Trees

NYC Parks records 55 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese pagoda tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2014 and May 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Starr Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

South side of Starr Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY THURSDAY 8AM-6PM

West side of Starr Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-4PM

East side of Wyckoff Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

North side of Wyckoff Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

West side of Wyckoff Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Six public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 schools
  • 1 dog run
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 park
  • 1 post office

Schools and child care

  1. J.H.S. 162 the Willoughby School
    910 feet
  2. P.S. 123 Suydam School
    990 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Maria Hernandez Park
    840 feet
  2. Dog Run in Maria Hernandez Park Dog run
    1,120 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Willoughby-Suydam Historic District Listed historic place
    820 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Wyckoff Heights Post Office
    910 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    770 feet
  2. City Fresh Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 64 places to eat and 18 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 Starr Street or Wyckoff 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 Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.