Albany Avenue & Winthrop Street
Albany Avenue and Winthrop Street meet at a four-way crossing in Prospect Lefferts Gardens-Wingate, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 56 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. In 2025, 280 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. Dr Susan Smith McKinney Nursing and Rehabilitation Center is 850 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Albany Av/Winthrop St, is 30 feet away for the B12, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, four of them religious buildings, and two places to eat.
Map
Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Albany Av/Winthrop St, 30 feet away, for the B12.
- 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Albany Av/Winthrop St B12 · Shelter30 feetB12
Next buses at this stop
- B12 …
Cycling
- 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk
Nearest bike-share station
- Winthrop St & Albany Ave 21 docks in all60 feet
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 2.1 miles by car along the streets.
- 720 New York Avenue Gas station0.5 miles
- 581 Clarkson Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers890 feet
- 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars2.4 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported 56 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.
- 40 people injured
- 0 people killed
- 13 of those hurt, on foot
- 5 of those hurt, on a bike
The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.
What the city has done here
- Turn calming, June 2023
Camera tickets
How tickets are countedIn 2025, 280 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 1,500th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.
In 2026 so far, through August 27, 121 more were issued.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11203
- Community board
- Brooklyn Community Board 9
- City Council district
- 40
- Police precinct
- 71
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Prospect Lefferts Gardens-Wingate
- Elevation
- 40 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
Homes
About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.
Since 2014 at least 305 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.
Trees
NYC Parks records 27 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 83 signs on these blocks
- 18 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2019 and June 2026; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.
East side of Albany Avenue
- No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
West side of Albany Avenue
- Ambulances and ambulettes only 1 sign AMBULANCE AMBULETTE ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-3PM
- Ambulances only 2 signs AMBULANCE ONLY
- No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
- No parking 9 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
North side of Winthrop Street
- Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AVO FIRE DEPARTMENT
- Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AVO MEDICAL EXAMINERS OFFICE
- No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
- No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY NOON-1:30PM
- No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
South side of Winthrop Street
- Ambulances only 2 signs AMBULANCE ONLY
Parks and places within a walk
How places are listedSix public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 4 religious buildings
- 1 nursing home or hospice
- 1 park
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Wingate Park1,120 feet
Health care
- Dr Susan Smith McKinney Nursing and Rehabilitation Center Nursing home or hospice850 feet
Supermarkets
- Associated Supermarkets Supermarket0.5 miles
- 4003 Church Farm Market Supermarket0.5 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are two places to eat and five food stores.
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 and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.
Nearby corners
The eight nearest corners on foot, five of them within a three-minute walk:
- Albany Avenue & Hawthorne Street 280 feet
- Albany Avenue & Fenimore Street 580 feet
- Albany Avenue & Clarkson Avenue 620 feet
- Winthrop Street & Kingston Avenue 750 feet
- Troy Avenue & Winthrop Street 770 feet
- Albany Avenue & Rutland Road 840 feet
- Clarkson Avenue & East 42nd Street 890 feet
- Clarkson Avenue & East 40th Street 890 feet
See every intersection along Albany Avenue or Winthrop Street.