Brooklyn Avenue & Lenox Road

Brooklyn Avenue and Lenox Road meet at a three-way junction in East Flatbush-Erasmus, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Brooklyn corner. P.S. 235 Janice Marie Knight School is 1,080 feet away. The nearest subway, Winthrop St, is about nine minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites, and seven places to eat. About 700 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1924 and 1941, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
2 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Winthrop St
0.5 miles · 9 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
880 feet
New York Av/Lenox Rd · B44
Within a walk
9 places
2 day care or pre-K sites, 1 ambulance station and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Brooklyn Avenue & Lenox Road Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Winthrop St, 0.5 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Winthrop St 2, 5
    0.5 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/Lenox Rd, 880 feet away, for the B44.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. New York Av/Lenox Rd B44
    880 feet
    B44

Next buses at this stop

  1. B44 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Clarkson Ave & E 37 St 22 docks in all
    740 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 1.9 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
    750 feet
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    2.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, February 2025
  • Barnes Dance all-way crossing, undated in the City's record

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11203
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 17
City Council district
40
Police precinct
67
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East Flatbush-Erasmus
Elevation
53 feet above sea level

The streets

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

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 1924 and 1941.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 41 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 12 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2019 and February 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Brooklyn Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Brooklyn Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

South side of Lenox Road

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 ambulance station
  • 1 college
  • 1 hospital
  • 1 playground
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. The Children's Center at SUNY Brooklyn Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    90 feet
  2. SUNY Downstate Health Sciences Univ. College
    410 feet
  3. P.S. 235 Janice Marie Knight School
    1,080 feet
Show all 5
  1. Elite Early Childhood Learning Center Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    1,160 feet
  2. Kareful and Karefree Training School Trade or language school
    1,170 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Rolph Henry Playground
    1,310 feet

Health care

  1. University Hospital of Brooklyn Hospital
    410 feet
  2. EMS Station 38 Ambulance station
    1,150 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Mount Zion Church of God Listed historic place
    1,020 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. 4003 Church Farm Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

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

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Brooklyn Avenue or Lenox Road.

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.