Wilson Avenue & Jefferson Street

Wilson Avenue and Jefferson Street meet at a four-way crossing in Bushwick (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 29 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. I.S. 347 School of Humanities is 660 feet away. The nearest subway, Morgan Av, is about seven minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 17 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 53 places to eat. About 2,700 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
11 hurt
29 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Morgan Av
0.4 miles · 7 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
120 feet
Wilson Av/Jefferson St · B60
Within a walk
17 places
7 religious buildings, 5 schools and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Wilson Avenue & Jefferson Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Morgan Av, 0.4 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Morgan Av L
    0.4 miles
    L

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Jefferson St L
    0.4 miles
    L
  2. Central Av M
    0.5 miles
    M

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Wilson Av/Jefferson St, 120 feet away, for the B60.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Wilson Av/Jefferson St B60
    120 feet
    B60

Next buses at this stop

  1. B60 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Wilson Ave & Troutman St 26 docks in all
    300 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway westbound at Meeker Avenue & Graham Avenue at Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, 1.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1119 Flushing Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 73 Starr Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    790 feet
  3. 1074 Grand Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1 mile

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 29 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 August 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, January 2024

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
51 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 75 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 59 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2021 and June 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Jefferson Street

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY NOON-1:30PM

South side of Jefferson Street

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY NOON-1:30PM

East side of Wilson Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY NOON-1:30PM

West side of Wilson Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY NOON-1:30PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seventeen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 5 schools
  • 2 gardens
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Bushwick United Head Start Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    120 feet
  2. Brooklyn United Children - Wilson School
    240 feet
  3. Achievement First University Prep High School
    660 feet
Show all 6
  1. Achievement First Voyager Charter School
    660 feet
  2. I.S. 347 School of Humanities School
    660 feet
  3. I.S. 349 Math, Science & Tech. School
    660 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Fermi Playground
    920 feet
  2. La Finca Community Garden
    1,030 feet
  3. EL Garden
    1,160 feet
Show all 4
  1. Maria Hernandez Park
    1,240 feet

Supermarkets

  1. City Fresh Market Supermarket
    1,160 feet
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 53 places to eat and 22 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 Jefferson Street or Wilson Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, 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, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.