Albemarle Road & Argyle Road

Albemarle Road and Argyle Road meet at a four-way crossing in Flatbush (West)-Ditmas Park-Parkville, Brooklyn. The corner lies inside the Prospect Park South Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Caton Park Rehabilitation and Nursing Center is 1,240 feet away. The nearest subway, Beverley Rd, is about six minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, three of them religious buildings, and 12 places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Beverley Rd
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · Q
Nearest bus stop
620 feet
Church Av/Rugby Rd · B35
Within a walk
8 places
3 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Albemarle Road & Argyle Road Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Beverley Rd, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Beverley Rd Q
    0.3 miles
    Q

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. Q …
Southbound
1 line
  1. Q …

Also within a walk

  1. Church Av B, Q
    0.3 miles
    B Q

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Garden Stops” (1994) by Patsy Norvell at the Beverley Rd station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Church Av/Rugby Rd, 620 feet away, for the B35.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Church Av/Rugby Rd B35
    620 feet
    B35

Next buses at this stop

  1. B35 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Argyle Road.

  • 15 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Rugby Rd & Albemarle Rd 19 docks in all
    310 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 396 Coney Island Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 123 Linden Boulevard Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    1 mile
  3. 2699 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    2.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11218
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 14
City Council district
40
Police precinct
70
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Flatbush (West)-Ditmas Park-Parkville
Elevation
41 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 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 1905 and 1931.

Since 2014 at least 5 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 57 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Shumard's oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2015 and September 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Albemarle Road

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 6 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Albemarle Road

  • No standing 8 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Argyle Road

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Argyle Road

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the Prospect Park South Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 287 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Colonial Revival, and mostly built between 1902 and 1910.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 nursing home or hospice
  • 1 park

Schools and child care

  1. Honeydew Drop Playhouse Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    820 feet
  2. Aim High Children's Services Preschool
    1,040 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Parade Ground Park
    1,210 feet

Health care

  1. Caton Park Rehabilitation and Nursing Center Nursing home or hospice
    1,240 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Prospect Park South Historic District Listed historic place
    270 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Temple Beth Emeth Vohr Progressive Shaari Zedek Landmark
    1,040 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Mannan Halal Supermarket Supermarket
    1,310 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 12 places to eat and eight food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Albemarle Road or Argyle Road.

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