Carroll Street & Rochester Avenue

Carroll Street and Rochester Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Crown Heights (South), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 14 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Congregation Ohr Menachem is 740 feet away. The nearest subway, Crown Hts-Utica Av, is about seven minutes on foot, for the 3 and 4. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places, five of them religious buildings, and ten places to eat. About 1,900 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1924 and 1931, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
6 hurt
14 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Crown Hts-Utica Av
0.4 miles · 7 min on foot · 3, 4
Nearest bus stop
650 feet
East New York Av/E 94 St · B12
Within a walk
15 places
5 religious buildings, 4 day care or pre-K sites and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Carroll Street & Rochester Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Crown Hts-Utica Av, 0.4 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Crown Hts-Utica Av 3, 4
    0.4 miles
    3 4

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
2 lines
  1. 3 …
  2. 4 …
Outbound
2 lines
  1. 3 …
  2. 4 …

Also within a walk

  1. Sutter Av-Rutland Rd 3
    0.5 miles
    3

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Good Morning and Good Night” (2004) by Hugo Consuegra at the Crown Hts-Utica Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is East New York Av/E 94 St, 650 feet away, for the B12.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. East New York Av/E 94 St B12 · Shelter
    650 feet
    B12
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B12 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Carroll St & Rochester Ave 21 docks in all
    60 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 441 Remsen Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 170 Buffalo Avenue Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    2.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 14 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 6 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, January 2015
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, April 2022

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11213
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 9
City Council district
41
Police precinct
71 and 77 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Crown Heights (South)
Elevation
68 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1924 and 1931.

Since 2014 at least 26 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 112 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 11 signs on these blocks
  • 3 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2015 and February 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Carroll Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY NOON-1:30PM

South side of Carroll Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY NOON-1:30PM

West side of Rochester Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY NOON-1:30PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 schools
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 park

Schools and child care

  1. Seneca Village Preschool Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    480 feet
  2. The Friends of Crown Heights Educational Centers Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    560 feet
  3. Congregation Ohr Menachem School
    740 feet
Show all 7
  1. P.S. 398 Walter Weaver School
    910 feet
  2. P.S. 770 New American Academy School
    910 feet
  3. Highlights Academy Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,210 feet
  4. All My Children Day Care & Nursery School Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Lincoln Terrace / Arthur S. Somers Park
    40 feet
  2. Lincoln Terrace Park / Arthur S. Somers Playground
    100 feet
  3. East Flatbush Children's Playground
    1,170 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Gospel Crusade Church of the Pentecost House of worship
    1,000 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    980 feet
  2. Bravo Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are ten 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 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Carroll Street or Rochester 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.