Caton Avenue & Stratford Road

Caton Avenue and Stratford Road meet at a three-way junction in Flatbush (West)-Ditmas Park-Parkville, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Machate Circle is 910 feet away, and Prospect Park is 1,140 feet away. The nearest subway, Church Av, is about eight minutes on foot, and four subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, three of them parks, and 13 places to eat. About 1,500 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
10 hurt
11 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Church Av
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · B, Q
Nearest bus stop
370 feet
Caton Av/Westminster · B16
Within a walk
11 places
3 parks, 3 religious buildings and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Caton Avenue & Stratford Road Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Church Av B, Q
    0.4 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. Fort Hamilton Pkwy F, G
    0.5 miles
    F G

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Caton Av/Westminster, 370 feet away, for the B16.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Caton Av/Westminster B16
    370 feet
    B16

Next buses at this stop

  1. B16 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Caton Ave & E 10 St 30 docks in all
    310 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 11 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, May 2018

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11218
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 14
City Council district
40
Police precinct
70
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Flatbush (West)-Ditmas Park-Parkville
Elevation
47 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 44 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 82 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 20 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2019 and March 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

South side of Caton Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Stratford Road

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING NOON-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-NOON EXCEPT SUNDAY

West side of Stratford Road

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 313969 and 338798.

Landmarks and historic districts

Thirteen buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Colonial Revival, and built between 1901 and 1952.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 parks
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 nursing home or hospice

Schools and child care

  1. Honeydew Drop Playhouse Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    740 feet
  2. Brooklyn College Academy School
    930 feet
  3. P.S. 249 the Caton School
    1,030 feet
Show all 4
  1. M.S. 839 School
    1,130 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Parade Ground Park
    60 feet
  2. Machate Circle
    910 feet
  3. Prospect Park
    1,140 feet

Health care

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

Supermarkets

  1. Mannan Halal Supermarket Supermarket
    990 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 13 places to eat and 11 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 Stratford 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.