Church Avenue & East 34th Street

Church Avenue and East 34th Street meet at a four-way crossing in East Flatbush-Erasmus, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 15 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Mount Zion Church of God is 1,030 feet away. The nearest subway, Church Av, is about four minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 26 places to eat. About 1,900 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1910 and 1931, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
8 hurt
15 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Church Av
1,050 feet · 4 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
170 feet
Church Av/New York Av · B35
Within a walk
11 places
7 religious buildings, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Church Avenue & East 34th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Church Av, 1,050 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Church Av 2, 5
    1,050 feet
    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/New York Av, 170 feet away, for the B35.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B35 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 1.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 3602 Snyder Avenue Gas station
    0.3 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
    2.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 15 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

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
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,900 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 38 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 62 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 38 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 September 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Church Avenue

  • Metered parking 5 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

South side of Church Avenue

  • Metered parking 5 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Ambulettes only 1 sign AMBULETTE ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-8PM SATURDAY 8AM-5PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

East side of East 34th Street

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

West side of East 34th Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 305073 and 307398.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Pre-School Minds Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    200 feet
  2. Little People's Academy Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    470 feet
  3. Candy Kid's Day Care Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    480 feet
Show all 4
  1. P.S. 181 Brooklyn School
    1,190 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Mount Zion Church of God Listed historic place
    1,030 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,200 feet

Supermarkets

  1. 4003 Church Farm Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    1,090 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 26 places to eat and 17 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 34th Street.

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.