Church Avenue & East 45th Street
Church Avenue and East 45th Street meet at a four-way crossing in East Flatbush-Rugby, Brooklyn. The corner is also named Elenora P. Bernard Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 12 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Excelsior Elementary School is 130 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Church Av/Troy Av, is 180 feet away for the B35, and three bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 20 public places, 11 of them religious buildings, and 20 places to eat.
Map
Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Church Av/Troy Av, 180 feet away, for the B35.
- 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Church Av/Troy Av B35180 feetB35
Next buses at this stop
- B35 …
Cycling
- 27 bicycle racks within 820 feet
- 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk
Nearest bike-share station
- Church Ave & E 45 St 24 docks in all50 feet
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 2.4 miles by car along the streets.
- 3602 Snyder Avenue Gas station0.6 miles
- 581 Clarkson Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers0.6 miles
- 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars2.1 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported 12 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.
- 7 people injured
- 0 people killed
- 1 of those hurt, on foot
The most recent crash recorded here was in May 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
- 41 and 45 (the boundary runs through this corner)
- Police precinct
- 67
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- East Flatbush-Rugby
- Elevation
- 37 feet above sea level
This corner is also named Elenora P. Bernard Way, a co-naming enacted on January 20, 2024 (Local Law 41 of 2024).
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- A designated truck route
- One of the streets is one-way
Homes
About 1,300 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 54 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.
The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Elenora P. Bernard Way.
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 October 2018 and December 2020, 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 7AM-4PM
East side of East 45th Street
- No parking 9 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
West side of East 45th Street
- No parking 9 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
- No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM
Schools and places within a walk
How places are listedTwenty public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 11 religious buildings
- 5 schools
- 4 day care or pre-K sites
Schools and child care
- Excelsior Elementary School130 feet
- Innovators Prep Preschool480 feet
- High Definition Kids Daycare Center II Preschool, ages 2 to 5820 feet
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- Gan Academy - Linden School840 feet
- Apple Tree Learning Center School950 feet
- Inner Force Kids Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K1,020 feet
- Apple Tree Daycare Ac Preschool, ages 2 to 51,030 feet
- Battalion Christian Academy School1,260 feet
- P.S. 135 Sheldon A. Brookner School1,280 feet
Supermarkets
- Associated Supermarkets Supermarket880 feet
- Ideal Food Basket Supermarket930 feet
- 4003 Church Farm Market Supermarket1,300 feet
Pharmacies
- Walgreens Pharmacy0.3 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are 20 places to eat and seven 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:
- Church Avenue & East 46th Street 260 feet
- Church Avenue & Troy Avenue 270 feet
- Schenectady Avenue & Church Avenue 530 feet
- Church Avenue & East 43rd Street 540 feet
- East 45th Street & Snyder Avenue 620 feet
- Linden Boulevard & East 45th Street 730 feet
- Church Avenue & East 42nd Street 800 feet
- Church Avenue & East 48th Street 800 feet
See every intersection along Church Avenue or East 45th Street.