Caton Avenue & Rugby Road

Caton Avenue and Rugby Road meet at a three-way junction in Flatbush (West)-Ditmas Park-Parkville, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 15 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. P.S. 249 the Caton is 200 feet away. The nearest subway, Church Av, is about five 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 nine places to eat.

Safety record
18 hurt
15 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Church Av
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · B, Q
Nearest bus stop
100 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 & Rugby Road Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Church Av, 0.3 miles from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Church Av B, Q
    0.3 miles
    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
    0.5 miles
    Q

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Caton Av/Rugby Rd, 100 feet away, for the B16.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B16 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Caton Avenue and Rugby Road.

  • 15 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 0.7 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
    0.8 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 15 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2025.

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
51 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,000 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 1921 and 1957.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 63 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
  • 5 different rules

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

South side of Caton Avenue

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

East side of Rugby Road

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

West side of Rugby Road

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

Fourteen buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Classical Revival and neo-Tudor, and built between 1899 and 1936.

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
    200 feet
  2. Practical Learning Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    800 feet
  3. Aim High Children's Services Preschool
    1,050 feet
Show all 4
  1. Gifted & Talented Early Developers Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

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

Health care

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

Houses of worship

  1. Temple Beth Emeth Vohr Progressive Shaari Zedek Landmark
    1,050 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Mannan Halal Supermarket Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Caton Avenue or Rugby Road.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, 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.