Suydam Street & St Nicholas Avenue

Suydam Street and St Nicholas Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Bushwick (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 22 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Wyckoff Heights Post Office is 890 feet away. The nearest subway, Jefferson St, is about four minutes on foot, for the L. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, two of them schools, and 49 places to eat. About 1,700 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built in 1931, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
4 hurt
22 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Jefferson St
960 feet · 4 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
630 feet
De Kalb Av/Saint Nicholas Av · B38
Within a walk
7 places
2 schools, 1 day care or pre-K site and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Suydam Street & St Nicholas Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Jefferson St, 960 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  1. Jefferson St L
    960 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
    990 feet
    L

Bus

The nearest bus stop is De Kalb Av/Saint Nicholas Av, 630 feet away, for the B38.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B38 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 40 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 2 of them on-street corrals
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Suydam St & St Nicholas Ave 17 docks in all
    40 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. 1119 Flushing Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 73 Starr Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.7 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 22 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2025.

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
48 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is 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 in 1931.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 79 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the green ash and the thornless honeylocust.

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 June 2018 and August 2022, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of St Nicholas Avenue

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

West side of St Nicholas Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

East side of Suydam Street

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

North side of Suydam Street

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

South side of Suydam Street

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

West side of Suydam Street

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

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 hospital
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 post office
  • 1 religious building

Schools and child care

  1. J.H.S. 162 the Willoughby School
    230 feet
  2. Inspire Kids Early Childhood Development Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    470 feet
  3. P.S. 123 Suydam School
    1,290 feet

Health care

  1. Wyckoff Heights Medical Center Hospital
    1,210 feet

Libraries, museums and history

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

Community centers and public services

  1. Wyckoff Heights Post Office
    890 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    750 feet
  2. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. City Fresh Market Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 49 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 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along St Nicholas 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 Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.