Wilson Avenue & Cooper Street

Wilson Avenue and Cooper Street meet at a four-way crossing in Bushwick (East), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 20 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. P.S. /I.S. 384 Frances E. Carter is 400 feet away. The nearest subway, Wilson Av, is about a minute on foot, for the L. Within a five-minute walk are five public places, two of them religious buildings, and 13 places to eat. About 1,400 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1907 and 1925, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
12 hurt
20 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Wilson Av
360 feet · 1 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
50 feet
Wilson Av/Cooper St · B60
Within a walk
5 places
2 religious buildings, 1 fire station and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Wilson Avenue & Cooper Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Wilson Av, 360 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  1. Wilson Av L
    360 feet
    L

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. L …
Outbound
1 line
  1. L …

Bus

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

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B60 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 9 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Wilson Ave & Moffat St 32 docks in all
    260 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway westbound at Vermont Place & J Robinson Parkway, 1 mile by car along the streets.

  1. 58-14 Cooper Avenue Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 342 Eldert Street Charging for electric cars, 21 Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 66-26 Metropolitan Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    2.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 20 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 12 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11207
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 4
City Council district
37
Police precinct
83
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bushwick (East)
Elevation
53 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 1,400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1907 and 1925.

Since 2014 at least 9 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 50 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2018 and May 2022, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Cooper Street

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

South side of Cooper Street

  • No standing 10 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Wilson Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Flemish Revival, and built between 1896 and 1897.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Five public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. /I.S. 384 Frances E. Carter School
    400 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Wilson Avenue Subway Station (Dual System BMT) Listed historic place
    470 feet

Fire and police

  1. Squad 252 Fire station · landmark
    910 feet

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    750 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 13 places to eat and 15 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, six of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Cooper Street or Wilson 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 Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.