Wilson Avenue & Starr Street

Wilson Avenue and Starr Street meet at a four-way crossing in Bushwick (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 16 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Achievement First University Prep High School is 350 feet away, and I.S. 349 Math, Science & Tech. is 350 feet away. The nearest subway, Central Av, is about seven minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 19 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and 55 places to eat.

Safety record
5 hurt
16 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Central Av
0.4 miles · 7 min on foot · M
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
Wilson Av/Starr St · B60
Within a walk
19 places
8 religious buildings, 5 schools and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Wilson Avenue & Starr Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Central Av M
    0.4 miles
    M

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Jefferson St L
    0.4 miles
    L
  2. Morgan Av L
    0.5 miles
    L

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Generation Dynamica” (2013) by George Bates at the Central Av station.

Bus

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

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Wilson Av/Starr St B60 · Shelter
    110 feet
    B60
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B60 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Starr Street.

  • 34 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Wilson Ave & Troutman St 26 docks in all
    250 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
    0.5 miles
  2. 73 Starr Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    270 feet
  3. 1074 Grand Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 16 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11221
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 4
City Council district
34
Police precinct
83
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bushwick (West)
Elevation
56 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up in 1931.

Since 2014 at least 46 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 56 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the northern red oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 34 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2017 and May 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Starr Street

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

South side of Starr Street

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

East side of Wilson Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

West side of Wilson Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nineteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 8 religious buildings
  • 5 schools
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 garden
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

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

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Fermi Playground
    590 feet
  2. Maria Hernandez Park
    720 feet
  3. Maria Hernandez Park Playground
    980 feet
Show all 4
  1. Stockholm Street Garden
    1,310 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Eighty-Third Precinct Police Station and Stable Listed historic place
    1,150 feet

Supermarkets

  1. City Fresh Market Supermarket
    790 feet
  2. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Met Fresh Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 55 places to eat and 27 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 Starr Street or Wilson Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, 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.