Brooklyn Avenue & Lefferts Avenue

Brooklyn Avenue and Lefferts 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. Beth Rivkah School is 180 feet away. The nearest subway, Sterling St, is about six minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are 17 public places, six of them schools, and four places to eat. About 2,200 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1926 and 1952, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
13 hurt
20 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Sterling St
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
640 feet
Empire Blvd/Brooklyn Av · B43
Within a walk
17 places
6 schools, 5 religious buildings and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Brooklyn Avenue & Lefferts Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Sterling 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 Empire Blvd/Brooklyn Av, 640 feet away, for the B43.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Empire Blvd/Brooklyn Av B43
    640 feet
    B43

Next buses at this stop

  1. B43 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 1 bicycle rack within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 2.2 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
    910 feet
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.7 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.

  • 13 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 April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Turn calming, July 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
49 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1926 and 1952.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 42 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the silver linden.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 42 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2016 and November 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Brooklyn Avenue

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

West side of Brooklyn Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SATURDAY

North side of Lefferts Avenue

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

South side of Lefferts Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SATURDAY
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-10AM 3PM-5PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seventeen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 schools
  • 5 religious buildings
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 field
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Beth Rivkah School
    180 feet
  2. Crown Multi-Educ Serv-Head Start School
    180 feet
  3. Chabad Girls Academy High School
    440 feet
Show all 7
  1. All My Children Day Care & Nursery School Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    450 feet
  2. Bnos Chomesh Academy School
    590 feet
  3. Crown Multi-Educ SVCS Leffert School
    710 feet
  4. M.S. 061 Dr. Gladstone H. Atwell School
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Wingate Park
    1,130 feet
  2. Wingate Park Playground
    1,140 feet
  3. Hamilton Metz Field
    1,240 feet
Show all 4
  1. Marc And Jason's Playground
    1,270 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Crown Heights Library
    1,220 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Church of God of Prophecy House of worship
    1,030 feet

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    680 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 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 Lefferts 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, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.