Church Avenue & East 49th Street

Church Avenue and East 49th Street meet at a four-way crossing in East Flatbush-Rugby, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 22 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Rugby Congregational Church is 510 feet away, and Excelsior Elementary School is 1,190 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Church Av/Utica Av, is 250 feet away for the B35, and four bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 16 public places, ten of them religious buildings, and 36 places to eat.

Safety record
11 hurt
22 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Prospect Expressway
2.6 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
250 feet
Church Av/Utica Av · B35
Within a walk
16 places
10 religious buildings, 3 schools and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Church Avenue & East 49th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Church Av/Utica Av, 250 feet away, for the B35.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Church Av/Utica Av B35 · Shelter
    250 feet
    B35
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B35 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 49 St & Church Ave 25 docks in all
    50 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 2.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 5802 Church Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 581 Clarkson Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.8 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    1.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 22 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 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
27 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 35 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 36 signs on these blocks
  • 12 different rules
  • 8 active meters
  • 4 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2021 and March 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Church Avenue

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

South side of Church Avenue

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

East side of East 49th Street

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

West side of East 49th Street

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

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 322206, 322207, 331815 and 339744.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Sixteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 10 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. Apple Tree Daycare Ac Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    490 feet
  2. Apple Tree Learning Center School
    560 feet
  3. Edso Dental Assistant Training Cente Trade or language school
    990 feet
Show all 5
  1. P.S. 135 Sheldon A. Brookner School
    1,000 feet
  2. Excelsior Elementary School
    1,190 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Rugby Congregational Church Listed historic place
    510 feet
  2. Universal Church House of worship
    980 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 310/Ladder 174 Fire station
    1,210 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    450 feet
  2. Capital One Bank branch
    650 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    320 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 36 places to eat and 20 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 nearest corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Church Avenue or East 49th 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.