Wilson Avenue & Menahan Street

Wilson Avenue and Menahan 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. It is 610 feet to the 83rd Precinct. The nearest subway, Knickerbocker Av, is about four minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 25 public places, eight of them schools, and 22 places to eat. About 2,000 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
16 hurt
20 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Knickerbocker Av
1,150 feet · 4 min on foot · M
Nearest bus stop
40 feet
Wilson Av/Menahan St · B60
Within a walk
25 places
8 schools, 5 religious buildings and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Wilson Avenue & Menahan Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Knickerbocker Av, 1,150 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Knickerbocker Av M
    1,150 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
    0.5 miles
    M
  2. Myrtle-Wyckoff Avs L, M
    0.5 miles
    L 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/Menahan St, 40 feet away, for the B60.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B60 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Menahan St & Central Ave 25 docks in all
    540 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
    0.3 miles
  2. 1510 Gates Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 1074 Grand Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.7 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.

  • 16 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2025.

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
31 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 169 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
  • 36 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2017 and April 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Menahan Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-5PM

South side of Menahan Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

East side of Wilson Avenue

  • Ambulances only 1 sign AMBULANCE ONLY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

West side of Wilson Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Two buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Romanesque Revival and Spanish Colonial Revival, one each, and built between 1897 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
    660 feet
  2. Bushwick-Ridgewood Memorial Statue by Pietro Montana, 1921
    780 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 25 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Success Academy Charter School - Bushwick School
    360 feet
  2. Achievement First Bushwick Charter School
    550 feet
  3. Bushwick United Housing Development Fund Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    880 feet
Show all 14
  1. J.H.S. 383 Philippa Schuyler School
    550 feet
  2. P.S. 376 School
    800 feet
  3. P.S. 116 Elizabeth L Farrell School · landmark
    820 feet
  4. The New Life Child Development Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    920 feet
  5. Bushwick Community High School
    1,150 feet
  6. J.H.S. 291 Roland Hayes School
    1,150 feet
  7. Efficient Care Training Trade or language school
    1,160 feet
  8. Kreative Kare Too Nursery School Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    1,180 feet
  9. Kreative Kare Day Care Center Pre-K
    1,210 feet
  10. ABC Learning Center Trade or language school
    1,230 feet
  11. Math, Engineering and Science Academy Charter High School
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Hope Ballfield Park
    370 feet
  2. Heckscher Playground
    590 feet
  3. Heisser Triangle
    980 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Knickerbocker Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,190 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Barbaras RC Church Landmark
    640 feet

Community centers and public services

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

Fire and police

  1. 83rd Precinct Police station
    610 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    1,130 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    790 feet
  2. Met Fresh Supermarket
    1,260 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 22 places to eat and 19 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Menahan 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 Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.