Church Avenue & East 31st Street

Church Avenue and East 31st Street meet at a four-way crossing in East Flatbush-Erasmus, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 33 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Holy Cross RC Church is 1,310 feet away. The nearest subway, Church Av, is about a minute on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, five of them day care or pre-K sites, and 47 places to eat.

Safety record
24 hurt
33 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Church Av
250 feet · 1 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
210 feet
Church Av/Nostrand Av · B35
Within a walk
10 places
5 day care or pre-K sites, 4 religious buildings and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Church Avenue & East 31st Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Church Av, 250 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Church Av 2, 5
    250 feet
    2 5

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Beverly Rd 2, 5
    0.4 miles
    2 5
  2. Winthrop St 2, 5
    0.4 miles
    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/Nostrand Av, 210 feet away, for the B35.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Church Av/Nostrand Av B35 · Countdown sign
    210 feet
    B35
    Countdown sign

Next buses at this stop

  1. B35 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Church Ave & Nostrand Ave 30 docks in all
    360 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 1.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2193 Bedford Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 395 Lenox Road Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 2699 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    2.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 33 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 24 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 8 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, December 2020
  • Leading pedestrian interval, July 2024
  • Safety Improvement Project, 2025

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11226
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 17
City Council district
40
Police precinct
67
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East Flatbush-Erasmus
Elevation
49 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,200 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 1937.

Since 2014 at least 97 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 47 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the 'Greenspire' littleleaf linden.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2018 and November 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Church Avenue

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

South side of Church Avenue

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

East side of East 31st Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

West side of East 31st Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

East side of Fairview Place

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

West side of Fairview Place

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 309601, 335437, 335449 and 335450.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 day care or pre-K sites
  • 4 religious buildings
  • 1 fire station

Schools and child care

  1. Candy Kid's Day Care Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    320 feet
  2. Little People's Academy Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    330 feet
  3. Pre-School Minds Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    600 feet
Show all 5
  1. Lil Rockerz Daycare Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    950 feet
  2. Lefferts Garden Promise Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,010 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Holy Cross RC Church House of worship
    1,310 feet

Fire and police

  1. Battalion 41/Engine 248 Fire station
    1,270 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    400 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    990 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    1,240 feet
  3. 4003 Church Farm Market Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    290 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 47 places to eat and 27 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Church Avenue, East 31st Street or Fairview Place.

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