Albany Avenue & Cortelyou Road

Albany Avenue and Cortelyou Road meet at a three-way junction in East Flatbush-Farragut, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. The nearest bus stop, Avenue D/E 40 St, is 0.3 miles away for the B8, and three bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are three places to eat. About 400 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1920 and 1945, almost all in houses of one or two.

Safety record
8 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Prospect Expressway
2.5 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
0.3 miles
Avenue D/E 40 St · B8
Within a walk
About 400 homes
within 820 feet of this corner

Map

Layers
Albany Avenue & Cortelyou Road Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Avenue D/E 40 St, 0.3 miles away, for the B8.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Avenue D/E 40 St B8
    0.3 miles
    B8

Next buses at this stop

  1. B8 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Cortelyou Rd & Albany Ave 21 docks in all
    50 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 2.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1141 Utica Avenue Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 395 Lenox Road Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    1.1 miles
  3. 2143 Flatbush Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    2.1 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.

  • 8 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in August 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11203
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 17
City Council district
45
Police precinct
67
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East Flatbush-Farragut
Elevation
37 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1920 and 1945.

Trees

NYC Parks records 32 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 9 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2018 and August 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Albany Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of Albany Avenue

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

South side of Cortelyou Road

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Within a walk

How places are listed

Supermarkets

  1. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are three places to eat.

Not on record for this corner:

  • A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
  • A bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet
  • A signal or safety change
  • A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet
  • A listed public place within a five-minute walk

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Albany Avenue or Cortelyou Road.

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, NYS Agriculture and Markets, USDA, NYC Health and NYC Parks, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.