Church Avenue & East 2nd Street

Church Avenue and East 2nd Street meet at a four-way crossing in Kensington, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 14 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Kensington Post Office is 320 feet away. The nearest subway, Church Av, is about a minute on foot, for the F and G. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, two of them pedestrian plazas, and 25 places to eat. About 1,600 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1920 and 1939, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
4 hurt
14 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Church Av
330 feet · 1 min on foot · F, G
Nearest bus stop
200 feet
Church Av/E 3 St · B35
Within a walk
8 places
2 pedestrian plazas, 2 religious buildings and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Church Avenue & East 2nd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Church Av, 330 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Church Av F, G
    330 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
    0.5 miles
    F

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Church Av/E 3 St, 200 feet away, for the B35.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Church Av/E 3 St B35
    200 feet
    B35

Next buses at this stop

  1. B35 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

  • 70 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 5 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Church Ave & McDonald Ave 29 docks in all
    320 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at 11th Avenue & 18th Street, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 20 Caton Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 581 Ocean Parkway Charging for electric cars, 13 Level 2 chargers
    1.1 miles
  3. 1763 86th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 14 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, undated in the City's record

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)
Kensington
Elevation
54 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,600 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 1939.

Trees

NYC Parks records 42 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 32 signs on these blocks
  • 11 different rules
  • 6 active meters
  • 4 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2023 and May 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Church Avenue

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Church Avenue

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

East side of East 2nd Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of East 2nd Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 309190, 310606, 334871 and 335664.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 pedestrian plazas
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 post office

Schools and child care

  1. Yeshivat Shaare Torah Preschool School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    900 feet
  2. Shaare Torah Elementary School-Girls School
    1,000 feet
  3. P.S. 179 Kensington School
    1,270 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Kensington Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    240 feet
  2. Avenue C Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,190 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Flatbush Jewish Center House of worship
    900 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Kensington Post Office Listed historic place
    320 feet

Bank branches

  1. Santander Bank Bank branch
    300 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Met Fresh Supermarket
    360 feet
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    1,150 feet
  3. Mannan Halal Supermarket Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    370 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 25 places to eat and 32 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Church Avenue or East 2nd Street.

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