Brooklyn Avenue & East New York Avenue

Brooklyn Avenue and East New York Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Prospect Lefferts Gardens-Wingate, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 20 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Chabad Girls Academy High is 150 feet away. The nearest subway, Sterling St, is about eight minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are 20 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and four places to eat. About 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
9 hurt
20 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Sterling St
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
720 feet
New York Av/East New York Av · B44
Within a walk
20 places
8 religious buildings, 7 schools and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Brooklyn Avenue & East New York Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Sterling St, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Sterling St 2, 5
    0.4 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/East New York Av, 720 feet away, for the B44.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. New York Av/East New York Av B44
    720 feet
    B44

Next buses at this stop

  1. B44 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on East New York Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Brooklyn Ave & Lefferts Ave 20 docks in all
    260 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 2.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 415 Empire Boulevard Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 375 Lefferts Avenue Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    1,190 feet
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 20 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 9 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11225
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 9
City Council district
40
Police precinct
71
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Prospect Lefferts Gardens-Wingate
Elevation
41 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 12 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 51 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 35 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2018 and March 2022, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Brooklyn Avenue

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

West side of Brooklyn Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SATURDAY

North side of East New York Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING TUESDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-7PM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SATURDAY

South side of East New York Avenue

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twenty public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 8 religious buildings
  • 7 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 field
  • 1 library
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Chabad Girls Academy High School
    150 feet
  2. Beth Rivkah School
    280 feet
  3. Crown Multi-Educ Serv-Head Start School
    280 feet
Show all 8
  1. Bnos Chomesh Academy School
    300 feet
  2. All My Children Day Care & Nursery School Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    740 feet
  3. Crown Multi-Educ SVCS Leffert School
    1,000 feet
  4. St Francis of Assisi Catholic Aca School
    1,050 feet
  5. Darchai Menachem School
    1,100 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Wingate Park
    840 feet
  2. Wingate Park Playground
    850 feet
  3. Hamilton Metz Field
    1,100 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Crown Heights Library
    930 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Church of God of Prophecy House of worship
    730 feet
  2. Horeb 7 Day Adventist Church House of worship
    1,060 feet

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    970 feet

Food stores and places to eat

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

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 14 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Brooklyn Avenue or East New York Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, 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.