Church Avenue & East 32nd Street

Church Avenue and East 32nd Street meet at a four-way crossing in East Flatbush-Erasmus, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 20 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. The nearest subway, Church Av, is about two minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, five of them day care or pre-K sites, and 41 places to eat. About 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1910 and 1931, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
14 hurt
20 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Church Av
510 feet · 2 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
180 feet
Church Av/New York Av · B35
Within a walk
9 places
5 day care or pre-K sites and 4 religious buildings, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Church Avenue & East 32nd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Church Av, 510 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Church Av 2, 5
    510 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
    0.5 miles
    2 5
  2. Winthrop St 2, 5
    0.5 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/New York Av, 180 feet away, for the B35.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B35 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 34 St & Church Ave 25 docks in all
    590 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 1.8 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 20 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 14 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot
  • 3 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in August 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, April 2020
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, April 2020

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
47 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1910 and 1931.

Since 2014 at least 59 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 49 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the Japanese zelkova and the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2020 and January 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 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

East side of East 32nd Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

West side of East 32nd Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

East side of Raleigh Place

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

West side of Raleigh Place

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

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 307137 and 310306.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Candy Kid's Day Care Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    70 feet
  2. Little People's Academy Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    70 feet
  3. Pre-School Minds Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    340 feet
Show all 5
  1. Lil Rockerz Daycare Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,210 feet
  2. Lefferts Garden Promise Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,270 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    660 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    1,250 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. 4003 Church Farm Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    550 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 41 places to eat and 22 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, East 32nd Street or Raleigh 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.