Ashford Street & Schroeders Avenue

Ashford Street and Schroeders Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Spring Creek-Starrett City, Brooklyn. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Spring Creek Park is 870 feet away. The nearest bus stop is 790 feet away for the Q8, and five bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are three public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites, and eight places to eat. About 800 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 2016 and 2023, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

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Ashford Street & Schroeders Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Gateway Center Terminal/Gateway Dr, 790 feet away, for the Q8.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Gateway Center Terminal/Gateway Dr Q8
    790 feet
    Q8

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q8 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 1 bicycle rack within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Erskine Street, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1121 Pennsylvania Avenue Gas station
    0.8 miles
  2. 1065 Elton Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    2 miles

No police-reported crash has been recorded at this corner in any year the city publishes.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11239
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 5
City Council district
42
Police precinct
75
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Spring Creek-Starrett City
Elevation
13 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 2016 and 2023.

Since 2014 at least 646 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Three public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 park

Schools and child care

  1. Little Hearts and Stars Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    660 feet
  2. Urban Strategies Early Learn Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,170 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Spring Creek Park
    870 feet

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.4 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Gateway Center Shopping center
    570 feet

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner:

  • A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
  • A signal or safety change
  • A parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here
  • 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:

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, MTA, NYC DOT, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYPD, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.