Wilson Avenue & Bleecker Street

Wilson Avenue and Bleecker Street meet at a four-way crossing in Bushwick (East), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 28 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. In 2025, 274 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. Achievement First Bushwick Charter School is 300 feet away, and J.H.S. 383 Philippa Schuyler is 300 feet away. The nearest subway, Knickerbocker Av, is about three minutes on foot, for the M. Within a five-minute walk are 20 public places, five of them schools, and 27 places to eat.

Safety record
11 hurt
28 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Knickerbocker Av
890 feet · 3 min on foot · M
Nearest bus stop
50 feet
Wilson Av/Bleecker St · B60
Within a walk
20 places
5 schools, 4 religious buildings and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Wilson Avenue & Bleecker Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Knickerbocker Av, 890 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  1. Knickerbocker Av M
    890 feet
    M

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Central Av M
    0.4 miles
    M

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “The Digs” (2013) by Cal Lane at the Knickerbocker Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Wilson Av/Bleecker St, 50 feet away, for the B60.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Wilson Av/Bleecker St B60
    50 feet
    B60

Next buses at this stop

  1. B60 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 24 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Menahan St & Central Ave 25 docks in all
    810 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway westbound at Vermont Place & J Robinson Parkway, 1.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1517 Myrtle Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 1510 Gates Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 1074 Grand Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 28 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 11 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 April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, October 2022

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 274 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 1,507th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 172 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
37
Police precinct
83
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bushwick (East)
Elevation
32 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 179 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 61 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2016 and March 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Bleecker Street

  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

South side of Bleecker Street

  • Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AVO POLICE DEPARTMENT
  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

East side of Wilson Avenue

  • Ambulances only 1 sign AMBULANCE ONLY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Spanish Colonial Revival, and built between 1907 and 1910.

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists two works near this corner, the nearest at New York City Police Department 83rd Precinct.

  1. Untitled Stainless Steel Sculpture Sculpture by Todd Williams, 1983
    620 feet
  2. Bushwick-Ridgewood Memorial Statue by Pietro Montana, 1921
    720 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twenty public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 schools
  • 4 religious buildings
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 parks
  • 2 trade or language schools
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Achievement First Bushwick Charter School
    300 feet
  2. J.H.S. 383 Philippa Schuyler School
    300 feet
  3. The New Life Child Development Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    660 feet
Show all 10
  1. Success Academy Charter School - Bushwick School
    510 feet
  2. P.S. 376 School
    530 feet
  3. Efficient Care Training Trade or language school
    900 feet
  4. ABC Learning Center Trade or language school
    970 feet
  5. P.S. 116 Elizabeth L Farrell School
    1,080 feet
  6. Bushwick United Housing Development Fund Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,140 feet
  7. Brooklyn United Children Preschool
    1,230 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Hope Ballfield Park
    630 feet
  2. Heisser Triangle
    720 feet
  3. Heckscher Playground
    850 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Knickerbocker Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    930 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Barbaras RC Church Landmark
    660 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 195 Linden Street Older adult center
    770 feet

Fire and police

  1. 83rd Precinct Police station
    560 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    860 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Met Fresh Supermarket
    990 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    1,050 feet
  3. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 27 places to eat and 18 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Bleecker Street or Wilson Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC Finance, NYC DOT, MTA, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.