Atlantic Avenue & Rochester Avenue

Atlantic Avenue and Rochester Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Crown Heights (North), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 56 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Garden of Plenty is 190 feet away, and P.S. 335 Granville T. Woods is 1,170 feet away. The nearest subway, Utica Av, is about five minutes on foot, for the A and C. Within a five-minute walk are 28 public places, 14 of them religious buildings, and four places to eat.

Safety record
46 hurt
56 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Utica Av
1,300 feet · 5 min on foot · A, C
Nearest bus stop
640 feet
Dean St/Rochester Av · B15, B65
Within a walk
28 places
14 religious buildings, 4 gardens and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Atlantic Avenue & Rochester Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Utica Av, 1,300 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Utica Av A, C
    1,300 feet
    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. Ralph Av C
    0.4 miles
    C

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Children's Cathedral” (1996) by Jimmy James Greene at the Utica Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Dean St/Rochester Av, 640 feet away, for the B15 and B65.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Dean St/Rochester Av B15, B65
    640 feet
    B15 B65

Next buses at this stop

  1. B15 …
  2. B65 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Pacific St & Rochester Ave 19 docks in all
    340 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 1.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 52 Rochester Avenue Gas station
    190 feet
  2. 170 Buffalo Avenue Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    0.5 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 56 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 46 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 5 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 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, May 2026

About this corner

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

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 60 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 33 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 30 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2014 and December 2019, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Atlantic Avenue

  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM

South side of Atlantic Avenue

  • No standing 14 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 4PM-7PM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-4PM

East side of Rochester Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of Rochester Avenue

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 28 public places.

  • 14 religious buildings
  • 4 gardens
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 3 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Grand Street Settlement Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    530 feet
  2. NY Center for Child Dev Atlantic Ave School
    570 feet
  3. Bedford Stuyvesant Early Childhood Development Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    820 feet
Show all 5
  1. P.S. 335 Granville T. Woods School
    1,170 feet
  2. The Brooklyn Green School
    1,170 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Garden of Plenty Garden
    190 feet
  2. A Better Community Garden
    430 feet
  3. Kingsborough Houses Pacific Playground
    470 feet
Show all 7
  1. Seasons of Vision Garden
    550 feet
  2. F.A.R.R. Community Garden
    610 feet
  3. Kingsborough Houses Bergen Playground
    860 feet
  4. Woods Playground
    1,250 feet

Health care

  1. Brooklyn Gardens Nursing & Rehabilitation Center Nursing home or hospice
    1,090 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Calvary Fellowship AME Church House of worship
    360 feet
  2. Christ Fellowship Baptist Church House of worship
    850 feet
  3. Berean Baptist Church House of worship
    860 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Kingsborough Community Center
    770 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.3 miles
  2. Family Dollar Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Atlantic Avenue or Rochester 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, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.