Brooklyn Avenue & Snyder Avenue

Brooklyn Avenue and Snyder Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in East Flatbush-Erasmus, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 18 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Phyl's Academy Prep School is 940 feet away. The nearest subway, Church Av, is about nine minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, eight of them religious buildings, and eight places to eat. About 1,400 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1920 and 1957, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
17 hurt
18 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Church Av
0.4 miles · 9 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
720 feet
Church Av/Brooklyn Av · B35
Within a walk
10 places
8 religious buildings and 2 schools, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Brooklyn Avenue & Snyder Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Church Av, 0.4 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Church Av 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 …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Transitions” (2001) by Louis Delsarte at the Church Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Church Av/Brooklyn Av, 720 feet away, for the B35.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Church Av/Brooklyn Av B35
    720 feet
    B35

Next buses at this stop

  1. B35 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 12 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 5 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Brooklyn Ave & Snyder Ave 22 docks in all
    50 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. 3602 Snyder Avenue Gas station
    240 feet
  2. 395 Lenox Road Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 2699 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    2.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 18 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 17 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 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
11203
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 17
City Council district
40 and 45 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
67
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East Flatbush-Erasmus
Elevation
45 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 1,400 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 1957.

Since 2014 at least 7 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 46 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2018 and July 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Brooklyn Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

West side of Brooklyn Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Snyder Avenue

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

South side of Snyder Avenue

  • Carshare only 1 sign CARSHARE PARKING ONLY OTHERS NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 8 religious buildings
  • 2 schools

Schools and child care

  1. Phyl's Academy Prep School
    940 feet
  2. P.S. 181 Brooklyn School
    1,040 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Mount Zion Church of God Listed historic place
    1,170 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    770 feet
  2. 4003 Church Farm Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are eight places to eat and four 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 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Brooklyn Avenue or Snyder Avenue.

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.