Ashford Street & Vandalia Avenue
Ashford Street and Vandalia Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Spring Creek-Starrett City, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Spring Creek Park is 770 feet away. The nearest bus stop is 1,100 feet away for the Q8, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are five public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites, and three places to eat.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Gateway Center Terminal/Gateway Dr, 1,100 feet away, for the Q8.
- 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Gateway Center Terminal/Gateway Dr Q81,100 feetQ8
Next buses at this stop
- Q8 …
Cycling
- 3 bicycle racks within 820 feet
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Erskine Street, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.
- 1121 Pennsylvania Avenue Gas station0.7 miles
- 1065 Elton Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers0.3 miles
- 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars1.9 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported one crash at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Nobody was hurt.
The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2024.
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
- 15 feet above sea level
Homes
About 1,200 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 2018.
Since 2014 at least 877 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedFive public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 2 day care or pre-K sites
- 2 schools
- 1 park
Schools and child care
- Little Hearts and Stars Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2750 feet
- Urban Strategies Early Learn Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K860 feet
- Academy for Young Writers School1,310 feet
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- Spring Creek Community School1,310 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Spring Creek Park770 feet
Other stores
- Family Dollar Store0.3 miles
Shopping centers
- Gateway Center Shopping center880 feet
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are three 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:
- Ashford Street & Schroeders Avenue 310 feet
- Jerome Street & Vandalia Avenue 450 feet
- Elton Street & Vandalia Avenue 550 feet
- Schroeders Avenue & Walker Street 610 feet
- Gateway Drive & Vandalia Avenue 740 feet
- Elton Street & Egan Street 820 feet
- Jerome Street & Schroeders Avenue 870 feet
- Elton Street & Schroeders Avenue 870 feet
See every intersection along Ashford Street or Vandalia Avenue.