Troutman Street & St Nicholas Avenue

Troutman Street and St Nicholas Avenue meet at a five-way junction in Bushwick (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. J.H.S. 162 the Willoughby is 690 feet away. The nearest subway, Jefferson St, is about three minutes on foot, for the L. Within a five-minute walk are three public places and 49 places to eat. About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built in 1931, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
4 hurt
11 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Jefferson St
700 feet · 3 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
550 feet
Flushing Av/Johnson Av · B57
Within a walk
3 places
1 day care or pre-K site, 1 listed historic place and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Troutman Street & St Nicholas Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Jefferson St, 700 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  1. Jefferson St L
    700 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
    0.3 miles
    L

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Flushing Av/Johnson Av, 550 feet away, for the B57.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Flushing Av/Johnson Av B57
    550 feet
    B57

Next buses at this stop

  1. B57 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Troutman Street.

  • 49 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 15 of them on-street corrals
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Long Island Expressway eastbound at Borden Avenue & 60th Street, 1.9 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
    1.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 11 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 foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2024.

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
24 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 1,000 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 52 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese pagoda tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2015 and October 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Scott Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 3AM-6AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Scott Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 3AM-6AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of St Nicholas Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 3AM-6AM

West side of St Nicholas Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 3AM-6AM

North side of Troutman Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 3AM-6AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

South side of Troutman Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 3AM-6AM

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Three public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. J.H.S. 162 the Willoughby School
    690 feet
  2. Inspire Kids Early Childhood Development Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,250 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Willoughby-Suydam Historic District Listed historic place
    1,080 feet

Supermarkets

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 49 places to eat and ten 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 17 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Scott Avenue, St Nicholas Avenue or Troutman Street.

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