Avenue N & Schenectady Avenue

Avenue N and Schenectady Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Flatlands, Brooklyn. The corner is also named Bob Stonehill Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 12 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Trust Triangle is 880 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Avenue N/Schenectady Av, is 120 feet away for the B41, and 11 bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are six public places and 24 places to eat.

Safety record
15 hurt
12 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Belt Parkway
1.7 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
120 feet
Avenue N/Schenectady Av · B41
Within a walk
6 places
1 day care or pre-K site, 1 listed historic place and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Avenue N & Schenectady Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Avenue N/Schenectady Av, 120 feet away, for the B41.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Avenue N/Schenectady Av B41
    120 feet
    B41

Next buses at this stop

  1. B41 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 39 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Flatbush Avenue & Belt Parkway, 1.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2255 Flatbush Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 2143 Flatbush Avenue Charging for electric cars, two fast chargers
    1,280 feet

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 12 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 14 people injured
  • 1 person killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11234
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 18
City Council district
46
Police precinct
63
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Flatlands
Elevation
15 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Bob Stonehill Way, a co-naming enacted on May 23, 2006 (Local Law 13 of 2006).

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1920 and 1938.

Trees

NYC Parks records 39 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the 'Skyline' thornless honeylocust.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Bob Stonehill Way.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 13 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules
  • 7 active meters
  • 4 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2018 and September 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Avenue N

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

South side of Avenue N

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

East side of Schenectady Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

West side of Schenectady Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Ambulances only 2 signs AMBULANCE ONLY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 319181, 319182, 320473 and 322286.

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Dutch Colonial, and built in 1747.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Six public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground
  • 1 post office
  • 1 religious building

Schools and child care

  1. First Noah's Ark Universal Daycare Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    560 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Power Playground
    580 feet
  2. Trust Triangle
    880 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Stoothoff-Baxter-Kouwenhaven House Listed historic place
    810 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Ryder Retail Post Office
    1,220 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    890 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    1,260 feet
  2. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 24 places to eat and ten food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk and a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Avenue N or Schenectady Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Records, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.