44th Street & New Utrecht Avenue

The four-way crossing of 44th Street and New Utrecht Avenue is in Sunset Park (East)-Borough Park (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Brizzi Playground is 400 feet away. The nearest subway, Fort Hamilton Pkwy, is about a minute on foot, for the D. Within a five-minute walk are 34 public places, 14 of them religious buildings, and ten places to eat. About 2,000 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1920 and 1930, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
4 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Fort Hamilton Pkwy
190 feet · 1 min on foot · D
Nearest bus stop
0.3 miles
49 St/11 Av · B11
Within a walk
34 places
14 religious buildings, 9 day care or pre-K sites and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
44th Street & New Utrecht Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Fort Hamilton Pkwy, 190 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  1. Fort Hamilton Pkwy D
    190 feet
    D

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. D …
Southbound
1 line
  1. D …

Also within a walk

  1. 50 St D
    0.3 miles
    D
  2. 9 Av D
    0.4 miles
    D

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Gardens of Fort Hamilton Parkway Station” (2012) by Portia Munson at the Fort Hamilton Pkwy station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 49 St/11 Av, 0.3 miles away, for the B11.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 49 St/11 Av B11
    0.3 miles
    B11

Next buses at this stop

  1. B11 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 50 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 37 St & Fort Hamilton Pkwy 12 docks in all
    0.4 miles

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at 11th Avenue & 18th Street, 1.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 4302 Fort Hamilton Parkway Gas station
    200 feet
  2. 5115 15th Avenue Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    0.9 miles
  3. 1763 86th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2022.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11219
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 12
City Council district
38
Police precinct
66
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Sunset Park (East)-Borough Park (West)
Elevation
72 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, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1920 and 1930.

Since 2014 at least 14 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 28 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the 'Redmond' American linden.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 15 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2018 and January 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 44th Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of 44th Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

East side of New Utrecht Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of New Utrecht Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-5PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 34 public places.

  • 14 religious buildings
  • 9 day care or pre-K sites
  • 9 schools
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Kiddie Zone 44 Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    30 feet
  2. We Do Kids Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    330 feet
  3. Shema Kolainu-Hear Our Voices School
    380 feet
Show all 18
  1. P.S. 131 Brooklyn School
    440 feet
  2. Darkei Chaim School
    530 feet
  3. Bais Brocho of Karlin Stolin School
    660 feet
  4. Bnei Yosel Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    700 feet
  5. Bais Brocho D'Karlin Stolin HS School
    760 feet
  6. Polskie Przedszkole Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    830 feet
  7. Action Nursery Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    890 feet
  8. Sunny Skies Pre-School # 2 Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    940 feet
  9. Bais Yaakov Faigeh Schonberger School
    1,100 feet
  10. Congregation ML Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,100 feet
  11. Hello Kiddie Daycare Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,140 feet
  12. Yeshiva Boyan School
    1,150 feet
  13. Bnos Margulia Viznitz School
    1,160 feet
  14. West Brooklyn Community High School
    1,230 feet
  15. Boyan Toddlers Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,230 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Brizzi Playground
    400 feet
  2. Alben Square
    560 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Catherine Alexandria Church House of worship
    1,010 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are ten places to eat and 22 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 nearest of the 17 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 44th Street or New Utrecht 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, NYC Parks, NYC Health and NYS Agriculture and Markets, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.