Brooklyn Avenue & Hawthorne Street

Brooklyn Avenue and Hawthorne Street meet at a four-way crossing in Prospect Lefferts Gardens-Wingate, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. P.S. 397 Foster-Laurie is 690 feet away. The nearest subway, Winthrop St, is about six minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, five of them religious buildings, and two places to eat. About 800 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
4 hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Winthrop St
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
820 feet
New York Av/Winthrop St · B44, B96
Within a walk
13 places
5 religious buildings, 2 schools and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Brooklyn Avenue & Hawthorne Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Winthrop St 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/Winthrop St, 820 feet away, for the B44 and B96.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. New York Av/Winthrop St B44, B96
    820 feet
    B44 B96

Next buses at this stop

  1. B44 …
  2. B96 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 5 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. New York Ave & Hawthorne St 20 docks in all
    650 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 1.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 720 New York Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 395 Lenox Road Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    2.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2023.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11203
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 9
City Council district
40
Police precinct
71
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Prospect Lefferts Gardens-Wingate
Elevation
44 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 23 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 44 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 24 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2018 and April 2021, 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 Hawthorne Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Hawthorne Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 ambulance station
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 hospital
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 397 Foster-Laurie School
    690 feet
  2. Darchai Menachem School
    870 feet
  3. Children's Paradise Day Care Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Wingate Park
    140 feet
  2. Wingate Park Playground
    390 feet

Health care

  1. Kings County Hospital Center Hospital
    560 feet
  2. EMS Station 38 Ambulance station
    830 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Church of God of Prophecy House of worship
    640 feet
  2. St Gabriels Episcopal Church House of worship
    1,070 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 331 Hawthorne Street Older adult center
    1,220 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are two places to eat and two 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 corners on foot, four of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Brooklyn Avenue or Hawthorne Street.

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.