Caton Avenue & Marlborough Road

Caton Avenue and Marlborough Road meet at a three-way junction in Flatbush (West)-Ditmas Park-Parkville, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 13 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Parade Ground is 50 feet away. The nearest subway, Church Av, is about four minutes on foot, for the B and Q. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, three of them day care or pre-K sites, and seven places to eat. About 1,600 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1925 and 1938, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
14 hurt
13 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Church Av
1,060 feet · 4 min on foot · B, Q
Nearest bus stop
200 feet
Caton Av/Rugby Rd · B16
Within a walk
9 places
3 day care or pre-K sites, 2 religious buildings and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Caton Avenue & Marlborough Road Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Church Av, 1,060 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Church Av B, Q
    1,060 feet
    B Q

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
2 lines
  1. B …
  2. Q …
Southbound
2 lines
  1. B …
  2. Q …

Also within a walk

  1. Beverley Rd Q
    0.4 miles
    Q

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Caton Av/Rugby Rd, 200 feet away, for the B16.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Caton Av/Rugby Rd B16
    200 feet
    B16

Next buses at this stop

  1. B16 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Caton Ave & Argyle Rd 21 docks in all
    530 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 378 Coney Island Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 123 Linden Boulevard Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles
  3. 2699 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    2.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 13 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, May 2018

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11226
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 14
City Council district
40
Police precinct
70
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Flatbush (West)-Ditmas Park-Parkville
Elevation
52 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,600 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 1925 and 1938.

Since 2014 at least 15 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 51 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

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

South side of Caton Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

East side of Marlborough Road

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of Marlborough Road

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

Landmarks and historic districts

Eight buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, and built between 1900 and 1927.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 nursing home or hospice
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 249 the Caton School
    340 feet
  2. Practical Learning Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    520 feet
  3. Aim High Children's Services Preschool
    820 feet
Show all 4
  1. Gifted & Talented Early Developers Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,030 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Parade Ground Park
    50 feet
  2. Detective Dillon Stewart Playground
    400 feet

Health care

  1. Caton Park Rehabilitation and Nursing Center Nursing home or hospice
    530 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Temple Beth Emeth Vohr Progressive Shaari Zedek Landmark
    840 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Mannan Halal Supermarket Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Caton Avenue or Marlborough 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.