Troutman Street & Cypress Avenue

Troutman 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. In 2025, 356 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. J.H.S. 162 the Willoughby is 1,040 feet away. The nearest subway, Jefferson St, is about five minutes on foot, for the L. Within a five-minute walk are three public places and 31 places to eat. About 700 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1931 and 1945, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
3 hurt
12 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Jefferson St
1,180 feet · 5 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
510 feet
Flushing Av/Cypress Av · B57
Within a walk
3 places
1 listed historic place, 1 playground and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Troutman Street & Cypress Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Jefferson St, 1,180 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  1. Jefferson St L
    1,180 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
    0.4 miles
    L

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Flushing Av/Cypress Av, 510 feet away, for the B57.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Flushing Av/Cypress Av B57
    510 feet
    B57

Next buses at this stop

  1. B57 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Troutman Street.

  • 29 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 13 of them on-street corrals
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Jefferson St & Cypress Ave 25 docks in all
    300 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Long Island Expressway eastbound at Borden Avenue & 60th Street, 1.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 18-84 Flushing Avenue Gas station
    0.4 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
    1.1 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.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2025.

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 356 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 1,382nd most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 249 more were issued.

Every corner with speed camera tickets

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
36 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 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 1931 and 1945.

Trees

NYC Parks records 45 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 33 signs on these blocks
  • 11 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2020 and October 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Cypress Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Cypress Avenue

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

West side of Cypress Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

North side of Troutman Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 3AM-6AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

South side of Troutman Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 3AM-6AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Three public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 playground
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. J.H.S. 162 the Willoughby School
    1,040 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Starr Playground
    1,000 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Vander Ende--Onderdonk House Site Listed historic place
    1,030 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 31 places to eat and eight 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 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Cypress Avenue or Troutman Street.

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