Atlantic Avenue & Kingston Avenue

Atlantic Avenue and Kingston Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Crown Heights (North), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 58 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. In 2025, 6,844 red-light camera tickets were recorded here. St. Andrew's Playground is 70 feet away, and Achievement First Charter School 11 is 290 feet away. The nearest subway, Kingston-Throop Avs, is about two minutes on foot, for the C. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, four of them schools, and 18 places to eat.

Safety record
39 hurt
58 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Kingston-Throop Avs
620 feet · 2 min on foot · C
Nearest bus stop
130 feet
Kingston Av/Atlantic Av · B43
Within a walk
10 places
4 schools, 3 religious buildings and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Atlantic Avenue & Kingston Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Kingston-Throop Avs, 620 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  1. Kingston-Throop Avs C
    620 feet
    C

Next trains at this station

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Kingston Av/Atlantic Av, 130 feet away, for the B43.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Kingston Av/Atlantic Av B43
    130 feet
    B43

Next buses at this stop

  1. B43 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Kingston Avenue.

  • 16 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Kingston Ave & Herkimer St 24 docks in all
    360 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Bedford Avenue, 2.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 51 Brooklyn Avenue Gas station
    980 feet
  2. 145 Brooklyn Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 58 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 38 people injured
  • 1 person killed
  • 9 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, March 2015
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, July 2019

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 6,844 red-light camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 24th most of the 200 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through July 26, 3,006 more were issued.

Red-light camera tickets by the direction of travel written on the ticket
Direction on the ticket20252026 so far
Westbound on Atlantic Avenue5,6532,469
Eastbound on Atlantic Avenue1,191537
Total6,8443,006

Every corner with red-light camera tickets

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11213
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 3
City Council district
36
Police precinct
77 and 79 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Crown Heights (North)
Elevation
64 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 29 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 53 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 29 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2014 and February 2025, 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 12 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 4PM-7PM

East side of Kingston Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

West side of Kingston Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 228 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Renaissance Revival, and mostly built between 1888 and 1901.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 schools
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 garden
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Achievement First Brooklyn High School
    290 feet
  2. Achievement First Charter School 11 School
    290 feet
  3. Uncommon Charter High School
    290 feet
Show all 5
  1. Uncommon New York City Charter School #1 School
    520 feet
  2. Magic Moments Brooklyn Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    1,110 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. St. Andrew's Playground
    70 feet
  2. Her-King Alagantic Community Garden
    900 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 18 places to eat and 14 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Atlantic Avenue or Kingston Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC Finance, NYC DOT, MTA, 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.