Albany Avenue & Sterling Place

Albany Avenue and Sterling Place meet at a four-way crossing in Crown Heights (North), Brooklyn. The corner lies on the edge of the Crown Heights North III Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, 15 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Kipp Always Mentally Prepared Charter School is 690 feet away. The nearest subway, Kingston Av, is about seven minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 27 public places, nine of them religious buildings, and 15 places to eat.

Safety record
10 hurt
15 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Kingston Av
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · 3
Nearest bus stop
410 feet
Saint Johns Pl/Albany Av · B45
Within a walk
27 places
9 religious buildings, 7 schools and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Albany Avenue & Sterling Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Kingston Av, 0.3 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Kingston Av 3
    0.3 miles
    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
    0.5 miles
    3 4

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Saint Johns Pl/Albany Av, 410 feet away, for the B45.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B45 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Troy Ave & Park Pl 21 docks in all
    1,060 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 2.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 51 Brooklyn Avenue Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 959 Sterling Place Charging for electric cars, 21 Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 15 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 10 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in July 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11213
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 8
City Council district
35 and 36 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
77
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Crown Heights (North)
Elevation
98 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 2,400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 32 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 51 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the shingle oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2018 and April 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Albany Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Albany Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

North side of Sterling Place

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of Sterling Place

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands at the edge of the Crown Heights North III Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 262 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Renaissance Revival, and mostly built between 1899 and 1905.

  1. Congregation Shaari Zedek Designated landmark
    720 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 27 public places.

  • 9 religious buildings
  • 7 schools
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 older adult centers
  • 1 community center
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Edwards L. Cleaveland Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    520 feet
  2. Kipp Always Mentally Prepared Charter School
    690 feet
  3. Kipp Amp Elementary Charter School
    690 feet
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  1. The School of Integrated Learning School
    690 feet
  2. Creative Learning Academy Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    710 feet
  3. Lighthouse Early Learning Center School
    800 feet
  4. Sunshine Infant & Toddler Program Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    890 feet
  5. Arista Preparatory School School-based preschool, ages 2 to 5
    910 feet
  6. United Lubavitcher Yeshivoth Annex School
    960 feet
  7. Chanoch Lenaar School
    1,150 feet
  8. Chabad Girls Academy School
    1,260 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Brower Park
    1,150 feet
  2. St. Mark's Playground
    1,270 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Crown Heights North Historic District (Boundary Increase) Listed historic place
    1,270 feet

Houses of worship

  1. First Church of God in Christ House of worship
    760 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 196 Albany Avenue Older adult center
    800 feet
  2. St Johns Place Post Office
    840 feet
  3. Older adult center at 230 Kingston Avenue Older adult center
    960 feet
Show all 4
  1. Albany Community Center
    1,260 feet

Bank branches

  1. Apple Bank Bank branch
    1,150 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Shop Fair Supermarket
    1,160 feet
  2. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 15 places to eat and 14 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Albany Avenue or Sterling Place.

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, NYCHA, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.