Church Avenue & East 39th Street

Church Avenue and East 39th Street meet at a four-way crossing in East Flatbush-Rugby, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 12 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Mount Zion Church of God is 710 feet away. The nearest subway, Church Av, is about nine minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are 20 public places, 15 of them religious buildings, and 13 places to eat. About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1920 and 1931, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
9 hurt
12 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Church Av
0.4 miles · 9 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
Church Av/E 39 St · B35
Within a walk
20 places
15 religious buildings, 4 day care or pre-K sites and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Church Avenue & East 39th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Church Av, 0.4 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Church Av 2, 5
    0.4 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/E 39 St, 110 feet away, for the B35.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Church Av/E 39 St B35
    110 feet
    B35

Next buses at this stop

  1. B35 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 19 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 2.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 3602 Snyder Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 597 Clarkson Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    2.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 12 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2024.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, March 2018

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-Rugby
Elevation
43 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,200 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 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 31 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the Amur maackia and the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 28 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2018 and May 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Church Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of Church Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

East side of East 39th Street

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

West side of East 39th Street

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twenty public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 15 religious buildings
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Bryan's Educational Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    80 feet
  2. Inner Force Kids Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    580 feet
  3. The Friends of Crown Heights Educational Centers Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    630 feet
Show all 5
  1. East Flatbush Ascend Charter School
    890 feet
  2. Innovators Prep Preschool
    1,130 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Mount Zion Church of God Listed historic place
    710 feet
  2. St Catherine of Genoa Church House of worship
    990 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 13 places to eat and seven 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 Church Avenue or East 39th 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 Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.