Church Avenue & Brooklyn Avenue

Church Avenue and Brooklyn Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in East Flatbush-Erasmus, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 21 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Mount Zion Church of God is 500 feet away. The nearest subway, Church Av, is about six minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are 17 public places, 13 of them religious buildings, and 14 places to eat. About 1,600 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1920 and 1931, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
15 hurt
21 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Church Av
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
100 feet
Church Av/Brooklyn Av · B35
Within a walk
17 places
13 religious buildings and 4 day care or pre-K sites, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Church Avenue & Brooklyn Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Church Av 2, 5
    0.3 miles
    2 5

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 5 …
Flatbush
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 5 …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Transitions” (2001) by Louis Delsarte at the Church Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Church Av/Brooklyn Av, 100 feet away, for the B35.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Church Av/Brooklyn Av B35
    100 feet
    B35

Next buses at this stop

  1. B35 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 38 St & Church Ave 24 docks in all
    550 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 3602 Snyder Avenue Gas station
    910 feet
  2. 395 Lenox Road Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 2699 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    2.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 21 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 15 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 4 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, March 2018
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, June 2024

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11203
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 17
City Council district
40
Police precinct
67
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East Flatbush-Erasmus
Elevation
47 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 1,600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1920 and 1931.

Since 2014 at least 11 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 35 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the European hornbeam.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 31 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2020 and December 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Brooklyn Avenue

  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

West side of Brooklyn Avenue

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

North side of Church Avenue

  • Time-limited parking 1 sign 1 HOUR PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Ambulettes only 1 sign AMBULETTE ONLY TUESDAY-SATURDAY 10AM-7PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

South side of Church Avenue

  • Time-limited parking 2 signs 2 HOUR PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seventeen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 13 religious buildings
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites

Schools and child care

  1. Pre-School Minds Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    730 feet
  2. Bryan's Educational Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    870 feet
  3. Little People's Academy Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,000 feet
Show all 4
  1. Candy Kid's Day Care Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,010 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Mount Zion Church of God Listed historic place
    500 feet

Supermarkets

  1. 4003 Church Farm Market Supermarket
    1,090 feet
  2. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.3 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 13 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Brooklyn Avenue or Church Avenue.

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