Church Avenue & East 46th Street

Church Avenue and East 46th Street meet at a four-way crossing in East Flatbush-Rugby, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 15 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Battalion Christian Academy is 1,000 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Church Av/Troy Av, is 440 feet away for the B35, and three bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 21 public places, 12 of them religious buildings, and 24 places to eat.

Safety record
10 hurt
15 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Prospect Expressway
2.5 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
440 feet
Church Av/Troy Av · B35
Within a walk
21 places
12 religious buildings, 5 schools and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Church Avenue & East 46th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Church Av/Troy Av, 440 feet away, for the B35.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B35 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Church Ave & E 45 St 24 docks in all
    310 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 2.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 3602 Snyder Avenue Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 581 Clarkson Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    2.1 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.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2025.

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
35 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,400 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 48 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 32 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2018 and February 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Church Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

South side of Church Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

East side of East 46th Street

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

West side of East 46th Street

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

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 331861 and 338509.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

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

Schools and child care

  1. Excelsior Elementary School
    390 feet
  2. Apple Tree Learning Center School
    690 feet
  3. Innovators Prep Preschool
    740 feet
Show all 9
  1. Apple Tree Daycare Ac Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    770 feet
  2. Battalion Christian Academy School
    1,000 feet
  3. P.S. 135 Sheldon A. Brookner School
    1,020 feet
  4. High Definition Kids Daycare Center II Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,080 feet
  5. Gan Academy - Linden School
    1,100 feet
  6. Inner Force Kids Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,280 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Rugby Congregational Church Listed historic place
    1,310 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,250 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    670 feet
  2. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    1,140 feet
  3. 4003 Church Farm Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    1,120 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 24 places to eat and ten 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 46th 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, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.