Brooklyn Avenue & Cortelyou Road

Brooklyn Avenue and Cortelyou Road meet at a four-way crossing in East Flatbush-Farragut, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 23 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Phyl's Academy Prep School is 820 feet away. The nearest subway, Beverly Rd, is about seven minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, five of them religious buildings, and one place to eat. About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1920 and 1931, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
24 hurt
23 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Beverly Rd
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
1,110 feet
New York Av/Clarendon Rd · B44
Within a walk
7 places
5 religious buildings, 1 older adult center and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Brooklyn Avenue & Cortelyou Road Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Beverly Rd, 0.3 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Beverly Rd 2, 5
    0.3 miles
    2 5

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 5 …
Flatbush
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 5 …

Bus

The nearest bus stop is New York Av/Clarendon Rd, 1,110 feet away, for the B44.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. New York Av/Clarendon Rd B44
    1,110 feet
    B44

Next buses at this stop

  1. B44 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Brooklyn Ave & Beverley Rd 21 docks in all
    430 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 2.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 3602 Snyder Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 395 Lenox Road Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.8 miles
  3. 2699 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    2.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 23 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 24 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 9 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11203
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 17
City Council district
45
Police precinct
67
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East Flatbush-Farragut
Elevation
38 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1920 and 1931.

Since 2014 at least 6 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 47 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 June 2017 and December 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Brooklyn Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

West side of Brooklyn Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

North side of Cortelyou Road

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 13 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Cortelyou Road

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Phyl's Academy Prep School
    820 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Clarendon Road Church House of worship
    1,050 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 3304 Clarendon Road Older adult center
    1,190 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    1,040 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there is one place to eat and three food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet, a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Brooklyn Avenue or Cortelyou Road.

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