Church Avenue & 36th Street

Church Avenue and 36th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Borough Park, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Gan Yisroel is 150 feet away. The nearest subway, Church Av, is about four minutes on foot, for the F and G. Within a five-minute walk are 24 public places, 13 of them schools, and 14 places to eat. About 900 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1916 and 1931, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
1 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Church Av
1,110 feet · 4 min on foot · F, G
Nearest bus stop
60 feet
Church Av/Chester Av · B35
Within a walk
24 places
13 schools, 7 day care or pre-K sites and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Church Avenue & 36th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Church Av, 1,110 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Church Av F, G
    1,110 feet
    F G

Next trains at this station

Northbound
2 lines
  1. F …
  2. G …
Southbound
2 lines
  1. F …
  2. G …

Also within a walk

  1. Ditmas Av F
    0.4 miles
    F

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Church Av/Chester Av, 60 feet away, for the B35.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Church Av/Chester Av B35
    60 feet
    B35

Next buses at this stop

  1. B35 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on Church Avenue.

  • 23 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Church Ave & Story St 23 docks in all
    600 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at 11th Avenue & 18th Street, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 3437 Fort Hamilton Parkway Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 5115 15th Avenue Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    1 mile
  3. 1763 86th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2024.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11218
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 12
City Council district
39
Police precinct
66
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Borough Park
Elevation
55 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1916 and 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 30 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the swamp white oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 14 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2015 and October 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 36th Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of 36th Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Church Avenue

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Church Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 24 public places.

  • 13 schools
  • 7 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 college
  • 1 listed historic place

Schools and child care

  1. Gan Yisroel School
    150 feet
  2. Bobover Yeshiva Bnei Zion School
    310 feet
  3. TLC Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    950 feet
Show all 21
  1. Bais Meir School
    460 feet
  2. Talmud Torah Ohel Yochanan School
    460 feet
  3. Kesser Malka School
    680 feet
  4. United Talmudical Academy-Boro Park School
    680 feet
  5. Bais Tziporah School
    1,000 feet
  6. Bais Yaakov of Bensonhurst School
    1,000 feet
  7. Cuddle Cove Child Care Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,060 feet
  8. Little Cubs Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,060 feet
  9. Yeled V'Yalda - Eval Site School
    1,100 feet
  10. Mesivta Nesivas Hatalmud School
    1,130 feet
  11. Bais Shifra Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,140 feet
  12. Daemen University-Brooklyn Branch College
    1,210 feet
  13. Yeled V'Yalda Early Childhood Ctr Preschool
    1,230 feet
  14. Yeshiva Machzikei Hadas School
    1,230 feet
  15. Yeshiva Headstart 40th Street Pre-K
    1,260 feet
  16. Bnos Yakov of Boro Park School
    1,260 feet
  17. Bnos Yerushalayim School
    1,270 feet
  18. Yeshivath Kehilath Yakov Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,280 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Congregation Chevra Linath Hazedeck Listed historic place
    910 feet

Bank branches

  1. Santander Bank Bank branch
    1,260 feet

Supermarkets

  1. KRM Supermarket Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Met Fresh Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 14 places to eat and 27 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 nearest of the 19 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 36th Street or Church Avenue.

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 Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.