Albany Avenue & Empire Boulevard

Albany Avenue and Empire Boulevard meet at a four-way crossing in Crown Heights (South), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 31 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. P.S. 091 the Albany Avenue School is 910 feet away. The nearest subway, Kingston Av, is about ten minutes on foot, for the 3. Within a five-minute walk are 23 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and eight places to eat. About 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1923 and 1930, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
25 hurt
31 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Kingston Av
0.5 miles · 10 min on foot · 3
Nearest bus stop
790 feet
Albany Av/East New York Av · B12
Within a walk
23 places
8 religious buildings, 6 day care or pre-K sites and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Albany Avenue & Empire Boulevard Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Kingston Av, 0.5 miles from this corner, about ten minutes on foot.

  1. Kingston Av 3
    0.5 miles
    3

Next trains at this station

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Albany Av/East New York Av, 790 feet away, for the B12.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Albany Av/East New York Av B12
    790 feet
    B12

Next buses at this stop

  1. B12 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Empire Boulevard.

  • 14 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Lefferts Ave & Albany Ave 24 docks in all
    390 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. 415 Empire Boulevard Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 375 Lefferts Avenue Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    2.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 31 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, January 2020

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11213
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 9
City Council district
35 and 40 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
71
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Crown Heights (South)
Elevation
73 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to three travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1923 and 1930.

Since 2014 at least 13 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 59 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2020 and November 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Albany Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8:30AM-7PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-5PM

West side of Albany Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8:30AM-7PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Empire Boulevard

  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Empire Boulevard

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

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 337595 and 340688.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 23 public places.

  • 8 religious buildings
  • 6 day care or pre-K sites
  • 6 schools
  • 2 older adult centers
  • 1 field

Schools and child care

  1. United Lubavitcher Yeshiva School
    580 feet
  2. United Lubavitch Yeshiva Pre-K
    580 feet
  3. United Lubavitcher Yeshivoth Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    800 feet
Show all 11
  1. P.S. 091 the Albany Avenue School
    910 feet
  2. Ed Inst-Oholei Torah-Troy Avenue School
    940 feet
  3. Cheeryos Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,020 feet
  4. Cheeryos Daycare Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    1,020 feet
  5. Bnos Menachem School · school-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,080 feet
  6. Uncommon Schools School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,080 feet
  7. P.S. 221 Toussaint L'Ouverture School
    1,160 feet
  8. Uncommon Ocean Hill CMS School
    1,160 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Hamilton Metz Field
    380 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 483 Albany Avenue Older adult center
    250 feet
  2. Older adult center at 720 East New York Avenue Older adult center
    1,160 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    1,200 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are eight places to eat and ten food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Albany Avenue or Empire Boulevard.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, 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.