Wilson Avenue & Palmetto Street

Wilson Avenue and Palmetto Street meet at a four-way crossing in Bushwick (East), Brooklyn. The corner is also named Marlene Rivera Walk NYPD Police Officer by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 21 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Math, Engineering and Science Academy Charter High School is 270 feet away. The nearest subway, Myrtle-Wyckoff Avs, is about eight minutes on foot, for the L and M. Within a five-minute walk are 25 public places, eight of them schools, and five places to eat.

Safety record
11 hurt
21 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Myrtle-Wyckoff Avs
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · L, M
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
Wilson Av/Gates Av · B60
Within a walk
25 places
8 schools, 5 religious buildings and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Wilson Avenue & Palmetto Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Myrtle-Wyckoff Avs, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Myrtle-Wyckoff Avs L, M
    0.4 miles
    L M

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. L …
Outbound
1 line
  1. L …
Inbound
1 line
  1. M …
Middle Village
1 line
  1. M …

Also within a walk

  1. Knickerbocker Av M
    0.4 miles
    M

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “From Earth to Sky” (2006) by Cadence Giersbach at the Myrtle-Wyckoff Avs station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Wilson Av/Gates Av, 110 feet away, for the B60.

  • 12 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Wilson Av/Gates Av B60 · Shelter
    110 feet
    B60
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B60 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Central Ave & Woodbine St 18 docks in all
    970 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway westbound at Vermont Place & J Robinson Parkway, 1.7 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 21 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11221
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 4
City Council district
37
Police precinct
83
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bushwick (East)
Elevation
28 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Marlene Rivera Walk NYPD Police Officer, a co-naming enacted on June 14, 2007 (Local Law 28 of 2007).

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 164 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 55 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Marlene Rivera Walk NYPD Police Officer.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2018 and February 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Palmetto Street

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

South side of Palmetto Street

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY NOON-1:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING FIRE ZONE

East side of Wilson Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

West side of Wilson Avenue

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

Monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, at Engine Company 277.

  1. Sentinel Lanterns Installation by Julian LaVerdiere, 2007
    650 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
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 community centers
  • 2 gardens
  • 5 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Math, Engineering and Science Academy Charter High School
    270 feet
  2. Bushwick Community High School
    370 feet
  3. J.H.S. 291 Roland Hayes School
    370 feet
Show all 11
  1. Achievement First North Brooklyn Preparatory Charter School
    600 feet
  2. P.S. 377 Alejandrina B. de Gautier School
    600 feet
  3. Kreative Kare Daycare Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    860 feet
  4. Aim High - New Life Child Devel School
    1,010 feet
  5. P.S. 106 Edward Everett Hale School
    1,030 feet
  6. The New Life Child Development Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,130 feet
  7. Kreative Kare Too Nursery School Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    1,200 feet
  8. All City Leadership Secondary School
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Heckscher Playground
    750 feet
  2. Bushwick Playground
    970 feet
  3. Borinquen Community Garden
    980 feet
Show all 5
  1. Hope Ballfield Park
    1,130 feet
  2. Woodbine Street Block Association Garden
    1,150 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 195 Linden Street Older adult center
    740 feet
  2. Hope Gardens Community Center
    890 feet
  3. Ridgewood Bushwick Youth Center Community center
    1,070 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 277/Ladder 112 Fire station
    700 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Met Fresh Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are five places to eat and ten 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 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Palmetto 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 Records, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.