Suydam Street & Cypress Avenue

Suydam Street and Cypress Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Bushwick (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 12 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. J.H.S. 162 the Willoughby is 520 feet away. The nearest subway, Jefferson St, is about six minutes on foot, for the L. Within a five-minute walk are five public places and 20 places to eat. About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1931 and 1940, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
8 hurt
12 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Jefferson St
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
910 feet
De Kalb Av/Saint Nicholas Av · B38
Within a walk
5 places
1 day care or pre-K site, 1 garden and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Suydam Street & Cypress Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Jefferson St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  1. Jefferson St L
    0.3 miles
    L

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. DeKalb Av L
    0.3 miles
    L

Bus

The nearest bus stop is De Kalb Av/Saint Nicholas Av, 910 feet away, for the B38.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. De Kalb Av/Saint Nicholas Av B38
    910 feet
    B38

Next buses at this stop

  1. B38 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 13 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Suydam St & St Nicholas Ave 17 docks in all
    480 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. 18-84 Flushing Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 73 Starr Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.8 miles
  3. 1074 Grand Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 12 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 8 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11237
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 4
City Council district
34
Police precinct
83 and 104 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bushwick (West)
Elevation
64 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1931 and 1940.

Trees

NYC Parks records 80 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 22 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2014 and September 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Cypress Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Cypress Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

North side of Suydam Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

South side of Suydam Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Five public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 garden
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 playground
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. J.H.S. 162 the Willoughby School
    520 feet
  2. Inspire Kids Early Childhood Development Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    960 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Starr Playground
    1,000 feet
  2. Sunset Garden
    1,200 feet

Libraries, museums and history

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

Supermarkets

  1. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    1,160 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    1,250 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 20 places to eat and 13 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 Cypress Avenue or Suydam Street.

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 Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.