Willoughby Avenue & Central Avenue

Willoughby Avenue and Central Avenue meet at a three-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. Achievement First Voyager Charter School is 700 feet away. The nearest subway, Central Av, is about four minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 20 public places, nine of them religious buildings, and 30 places to eat. About 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
7 hurt
11 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Central Av
1,020 feet · 4 min on foot · M
Nearest bus stop
870 feet
Wilson Av/Willoughby Av · B60
Within a walk
20 places
9 religious buildings, 5 schools and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Willoughby Avenue & Central Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Central Av, 1,020 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Central Av M
    1,020 feet
    M

Next trains at this station

Inbound
1 line
  1. M …
Middle Village
1 line
  1. M …

Also within a walk

  1. Myrtle Av J, M, Z
    0.5 miles
    J M Z

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Generation Dynamica” (2013) by George Bates at the Central Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Wilson Av/Willoughby Av, 870 feet away, for the B60.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Wilson Av/Willoughby Av B60
    870 feet
    B60

Next buses at this stop

  1. B60 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Central Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Central Ave & Starr St 23 docks in all
    220 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Borinquen Place, 2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1199 Myrtle Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 73 Starr Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.4 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.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Turn calming, August 2025

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11221
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 4
City Council district
34
Police precinct
83
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bushwick (West)
Elevation
63 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 71 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 63 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2018 and April 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Central Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

West side of Central Avenue

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Willoughby Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of Willoughby Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twenty public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 9 religious buildings
  • 5 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 gardens
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Achievement First University Prep High School
    700 feet
  2. Achievement First Voyager Charter School
    700 feet
  3. I.S. 347 School of Humanities School
    700 feet
Show all 7
  1. I.S. 349 Math, Science & Tech. School
    700 feet
  2. Bushwick United Head Start Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    720 feet
  3. Brooklyn United Children - Wilson School
    1,210 feet
  4. Bushwick United Early Learn Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,230 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Fermi Playground
    220 feet
  2. Know Waste Lands Garden
    980 feet
  3. EL Garden
    1,020 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 218 Fire station
    690 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    970 feet
  2. City Fresh Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Met Fresh Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 30 places to eat and 19 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Central Avenue or Willoughby Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, 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.