Atlantic Avenue & Buffalo Avenue

Atlantic Avenue and Buffalo Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Crown Heights (North), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 46 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. NY Center for Child Dev Atlantic Ave is 400 feet away. The nearest subway, Ralph Av, is about six minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 29 public places, 12 of them religious buildings, and five places to eat. About 2,700 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
15 hurt
46 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Ralph Av
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · C
Nearest bus stop
840 feet
Fulton St/Buffalo Av · B25
Within a walk
29 places
12 religious buildings, 4 gardens and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Atlantic Avenue & Buffalo Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Ralph Av C
    0.3 miles
    C

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. C …
Outbound
1 line
  1. C …

Also within a walk

  1. Utica Av A, C
    0.4 miles
    A C

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Fulton St/Buffalo Av, 840 feet away, for the B25.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Fulton St/Buffalo Av B25
    840 feet
    B25

Next buses at this stop

  1. B25 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 6 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Columbus Pl & Atlantic Ave 21 docks in all
    600 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 1.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 52 Rochester Avenue Gas station
    950 feet
  2. 170 Buffalo Avenue Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 46 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 15 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot
  • 3 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, March 2019

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11233
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 3
City Council district
41
Police precinct
77 and 81 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Crown Heights (North)
Elevation
68 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 2,700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 83 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 28 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 35 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2014 and March 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Atlantic Avenue

  • No standing 7 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM

South side of Atlantic Avenue

  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 12 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 4PM-7PM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-4PM

East side of Buffalo Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

West side of Buffalo Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 29 public places.

  • 12 religious buildings
  • 4 gardens
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 older adult centers
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 6 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Grand Street Settlement Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    240 feet
  2. NY Center for Child Dev Atlantic Ave School
    400 feet
  3. Bishop Sexton Head Start Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,030 feet
Show all 5
  1. Starting Point - St Mark's Family School
    1,060 feet
  2. Shirley Chisholm Day Care Center #1 Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Kingsborough Houses Pacific Playground
    820 feet
  2. F.A.R.R. Community Garden
    850 feet
  3. Garden of Plenty Garden
    950 feet
Show all 6
  1. Seasons of Vision Garden
    1,200 feet
  2. A Better Community Garden
    1,200 feet
  3. Kingsborough Houses Bergen Playground
    1,220 feet

Health care

  1. Brooklyn Gardens Nursing & Rehabilitation Center Nursing home or hospice
    940 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Weeksville Heritage Center Historic site · listed historic place
    1,190 feet
  2. Hunterfly Road Historic District Listed historic place
    1,240 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Calvary Fellowship AME Church House of worship
    980 feet
  2. Christ Fellowship Baptist Church House of worship
    1,250 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 447 Kingsborough 4 Walk Older adult center
    820 feet
  2. Older adult center at Kingsborough Extension Older adult center
    900 feet
  3. Kingsborough Community Center
    1,160 feet

Bank branches

  1. Flagstar Bank Bank branch
    1,260 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    930 feet

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    1,130 feet
  2. Dollar Tree Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Atlantic Avenue or Buffalo Avenue.

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