Albany Avenue & Eastern Parkway

Albany Avenue and Eastern Parkway meet at a four-way crossing in Crown Heights (North), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 59 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Chanoch Lenaar is 170 feet away. The nearest subway, Kingston Av, is about three minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 30 public places, 21 of them religious buildings, and 16 places to eat. About 1,700 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1902 and 1920, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
48 hurt
59 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Kingston Av
740 feet · 3 min on foot · 3
Nearest bus stop
740 feet
Saint Johns Pl/Albany Av · B45
Within a walk
30 places
21 religious buildings, 5 schools and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Albany Avenue & Eastern Parkway Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Kingston Av, 740 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Kingston Av 3
    740 feet
    3

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. 3 …
Outbound
1 line
  1. 3 …

Also within a walk

  1. Crown Hts-Utica Av 3, 4
    0.3 miles
    3 4

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Saint Johns Pl/Albany Av, 740 feet away, for the B45.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Saint Johns Pl/Albany Av B45 · Shelter
    740 feet
    B45
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B45 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Eastern Pkwy & Troy Ave 24 docks in all
    790 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 2.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 415 Empire Boulevard Gas station
    0.8 miles
  2. 959 Sterling Place Charging for electric cars, 21 Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 59 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 47 people injured
  • 1 person killed
  • 14 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Turn calming, October 2023

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11213
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 8
City Council district
35
Police precinct
71 and 77 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Crown Heights (North)
Elevation
106 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1902 and 1920.

Trees

NYC Parks records 115 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the 'Princeton' American elm.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 71 signs on these blocks
  • 13 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2015 and November 2025; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Albany Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 9AM-7PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

West side of Albany Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 9AM-7PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

North side of Eastern Parkway

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING MONDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 13 signs NO PARKING MONDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Eastern Parkway

  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 328300 and 328539.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 65 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Renaissance Revival, and mostly built between 1904 and 1905.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 30 public places.

  • 21 religious buildings
  • 5 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 museum
  • 1 post office

Schools and child care

  1. Chanoch Lenaar School
    170 feet
  2. United Lubavitcher Yeshivoth Annex School
    280 feet
  3. Chabad Girls Academy School
    610 feet
Show all 7
  1. Yeled Vyalda Early Childhood Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,070 feet
  2. Arista Prep School
    1,080 feet
  3. Little Angel Day Care Center VI Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,150 feet
  4. Yeshiva Beis Chaya Mushka School
    1,260 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Jewish Children's Museum
    650 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Chabad Lubavitch World HQ House of worship
    990 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. St Johns Place Post Office
    890 feet

Bank branches

  1. Apple Bank Bank branch
    170 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    940 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 16 places to eat and 11 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, six of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Albany Avenue or Eastern Parkway.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.