Church Avenue & Argyle Road

Church Avenue and Argyle Road meet at a four-way crossing in Flatbush (West)-Ditmas Park-Parkville, Brooklyn. The corner lies on the edge of the Prospect Park South Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. P.S. 249 the Caton is 990 feet away. The nearest subway, Church Av, is about five minutes on foot, for the B and Q. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, four of them day care or pre-K sites, and 17 places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Church Av
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · B, Q
Nearest bus stop
180 feet
Church Av/Rugby Rd · B35
Within a walk
11 places
4 day care or pre-K sites, 3 religious buildings and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Church Avenue & Argyle 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
    0.4 miles
    Q

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Church Av/Rugby Rd, 180 feet away, for the B35.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Church Av/Rugby Rd B35
    180 feet
    B35

Next buses at this stop

  1. B35 …

Live arrivals

Church Avenue carries a bus lane, 7am to 7pm on Monday to Saturday.

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Argyle Road.

  • 20 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Caton Ave & Argyle Rd 21 docks in all
    740 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. 396 Coney Island Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 123 Linden Boulevard Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    0.9 miles
  3. 2699 Nostrand Avenue 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.

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, March 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
44 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,300 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 1920 and 1940.

Since 2014 at least 5 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 40 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

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

East side of Argyle Road

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING NOON-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Loading only 2 signs LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • 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 Argyle Road

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

North side of Church Avenue

  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

South side of Church Avenue

  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 302604 and 312807.

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands at the edge of the Prospect Park South Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 155 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Colonial Revival, and mostly built between 1902 and 1914.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 nursing home or hospice
  • 1 park
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Honeydew Drop Playhouse Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    490 feet
  2. Aim High Children's Services Preschool
    610 feet
  3. Gifted & Talented Early Developers Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    910 feet
Show all 5
  1. P.S. 249 the Caton School
    990 feet
  2. Practical Learning Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Parade Ground Park
    770 feet

Health care

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

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Prospect Park South Historic District Listed historic place
    710 feet

Houses of worship

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

Supermarkets

  1. Mannan Halal Supermarket Supermarket
    1,280 feet

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 17 places to eat and 12 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Argyle Road or Church Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, 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.