Church Avenue & East 43rd Street

Church Avenue and East 43rd Street meet at a four-way crossing in East Flatbush-Rugby, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. East Flatbush Ascend Charter School is 1,100 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Church Av/Troy Av, is 180 feet away for the B35, and four bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 21 public places, 14 of them religious buildings, and 15 places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
11 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Prospect Expressway
2.3 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
180 feet
Church Av/Troy Av · B35
Within a walk
21 places
14 religious buildings, 5 day care or pre-K sites and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Church Avenue & East 43rd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Church Av/Troy Av, 180 feet away, for the B35.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Church Av/Troy Av B35
    180 feet
    B35

Next buses at this stop

  1. B35 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Church Ave & E 42 St 25 docks in all
    310 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 2.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 3602 Snyder Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 581 Clarkson Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    2.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 11 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2026.

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
40 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 22 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

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

North side of Church Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of Church Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 8AM-10AM 2PM-4PM

East side of East 43rd Street

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY 8AM-4PM

West side of East 43rd Street

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

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 21 public places.

  • 14 religious buildings
  • 5 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 schools

Schools and child care

  1. Innovators Prep Preschool
    70 feet
  2. Inner Force Kids Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    480 feet
  3. Excelsior Elementary School
    590 feet
Show all 7
  1. Bryan's Educational Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    980 feet
  2. East Flatbush Ascend Charter School
    1,100 feet
  3. The Friends of Crown Heights Educational Centers Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,170 feet
  4. High Definition Kids Daycare Center II Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,310 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Catherine of Genoa Church House of worship
    1,070 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 15 places to eat and six food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk and 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 43rd 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.