Willoughby Avenue & St Nicholas Avenue

Willoughby Avenue and St Nicholas Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Bushwick (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. J.H.S. 162 the Willoughby is 160 feet away. The nearest subway, Jefferson St, is about three minutes on foot, for the L. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, two of them schools, and 51 places to eat. About 1,600 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built in 1931, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
4 hurt
10 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Jefferson St
700 feet · 3 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
730 feet
Wyckoff Av/Starr St · L90
Within a walk
7 places
2 schools, 1 day care or pre-K site and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Willoughby Avenue & 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
    1,250 feet
    L

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Wyckoff Av/Starr St, 730 feet away, for the L90.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Wyckoff Av/Starr St L90
    730 feet
    L90

Next buses at this stop

  1. L90 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 43 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 4 of them on-street corrals
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Suydam St & St Nicholas Ave 17 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, 1.9 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
    1.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 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
41 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,600 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 71 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 26 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2020 and August 2025, 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 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

North side of Willoughby Avenue

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

South side of Willoughby Avenue

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

Schools, parks 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 listed historic place
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground
  • 1 post office

Schools and child care

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

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Starr Playground
    1,240 feet
  2. Maria Hernandez Park
    1,310 feet

Libraries, museums and history

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

Community centers and public services

  1. Wyckoff Heights Post Office
    1,150 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    1,000 feet
  2. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. City Fresh Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 51 places to eat and 15 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 Willoughby Avenue.

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