Atlantic Avenue & New York Avenue

Atlantic Avenue and New York Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Crown Heights (North), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 71 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. In 2025, 2,628 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. Restoration Academy is 320 feet away. The nearest subway, Nostrand Av, is about six minutes on foot, for the A and C. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 23 places to eat.

Safety record
60 hurt
71 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Nostrand Av
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · A, C
Nearest bus stop
140 feet
New York Av/Atlantic Av · B44
Within a walk
15 places
7 religious buildings, 2 schools and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Atlantic Avenue & New York Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Nostrand Av A, C
    0.3 miles
    A C

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
2 lines
  1. A …
  2. C …
Outbound
2 lines
  1. A …
  2. C …

Also within a walk

  1. Kingston-Throop Avs C
    0.4 miles
    C

Bus

The nearest bus stop is New York Av/Atlantic Av, 140 feet away, for the B44.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. New York Av/Atlantic Av B44 · Shelter
    140 feet
    B44
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B44 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Herkimer St & New York Ave 25 docks in all
    510 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Bedford Avenue, 2.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1381 Atlantic Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 145 Brooklyn Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 71 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, March 2015
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, September 2025

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 2,628 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 335th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 1,468 more were issued.

Every corner with speed camera tickets

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11216
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
63 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. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1901 and 1931.

Since 2014 at least 16 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

Twenty trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 40 signs on these blocks
  • 13 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2014 and May 2025; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Atlantic Avenue

  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING 7AM-10AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM

South side of Atlantic Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING 4PM-7PM ALL DAYS
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 6 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 4PM-7PM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7PM-4AM ALL DAYS

East side of New York Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

West side of New York Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 117 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Romanesque Revival, and mostly built between 1888 and 1899.

  1. First Church of Christ, Scientist Designated landmark
    670 feet
  2. New York Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church Designated landmark
    690 feet
  3. New York Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church School Designated landmark
    780 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 2 trade or language schools
  • 1 college
  • 1 pedestrian plaza
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 093 William H. Prescott School
    320 feet
  2. Restoration Academy School
    320 feet
  3. Cm'S First Step Training Ctr Trade or language school
    680 feet
Show all 5
  1. Coll of New Rochelle Brooklyn Campus College
    1,100 feet
  2. Honablue Institute of Audio Engineer Trade or language school
    1,100 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. St. Andrew's Playground
    1,100 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Marcy Avenue Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    950 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Greater Zion Shiloh Baptist Church House of worship
    930 feet
  2. Friendship Baptist Church Listed historic place
    1,170 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Breevort Post Office
    1,130 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    920 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    1,190 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 23 places to eat and 13 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 New York Avenue.

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