Willoughby Avenue & Irving Avenue

Willoughby Avenue and Irving Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Bushwick (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 26 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Maria Hernandez Park is 40 feet away. The nearest subway, Jefferson St, is about four minutes on foot, for the L. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, two of them religious buildings, and 72 places to eat. About 1,800 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built in 1931, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
5 hurt
26 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Jefferson St
990 feet · 4 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
890 feet
De Kalb Av/Irving Av · B38
Within a walk
6 places
2 religious buildings, 1 dog run and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Willoughby Avenue & Irving Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Jefferson St, 990 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  1. Jefferson St L
    990 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 De Kalb Av/Irving Av, 890 feet away, for the B38.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. De Kalb Av/Irving Av B38
    890 feet
    B38

Next buses at this stop

  1. B38 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Irving Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Willoughby Ave & Wyckoff Ave 23 docks in all
    750 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway westbound at Vermont Place & J Robinson Parkway, 2.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1517 Myrtle Avenue Gas station
    0.6 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
    1.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 26 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

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
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bushwick (West)
Elevation
36 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,800 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 16 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 130 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the littleleaf linden.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2017 and June 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Irving Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

North side of Willoughby Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Willoughby Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Six public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 dog run
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 123 Suydam School
    170 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Maria Hernandez Park
    40 feet
  2. Dog Run in Maria Hernandez Park Dog run
    90 feet
  3. Maria Hernandez Park Playground
    960 feet

Supermarkets

  1. City Fresh Market Supermarket
    980 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    1,230 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 72 places to eat and 22 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 corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Irving Avenue or Willoughby Avenue.

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.