Church Avenue & Old New Utrecht Road

Church Avenue and Old New Utrecht Road meet at a four-way crossing in Borough Park, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Gan Yisroel is 240 feet away. The nearest subway, Church Av, is about five minutes on foot, for the F and G. Within a five-minute walk are 27 public places, 12 of them schools, and ten places to eat. About 900 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1916 and 1931, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
7 hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Church Av
1,200 feet · 5 min on foot · F, G
Nearest bus stop
150 feet
Church Av/Chester Av · B35
Within a walk
27 places
12 schools, 9 day care or pre-K sites and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Church Avenue & Old New Utrecht Road Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Church Av, 1,200 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Church Av F, G
    1,200 feet
    F G

Next trains at this station

Northbound
2 lines
  1. F …
  2. G …
Southbound
2 lines
  1. F …
  2. G …

Also within a walk

  1. Ditmas Av F
    0.4 miles
    F

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Church Av/Chester Av, 150 feet away, for the B35.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Church Av/Chester Av B35
    150 feet
    B35

Next buses at this stop

  1. B35 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 37 St & 13 Ave 16 docks in all
    600 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at 11th Avenue & 18th Street, 1.2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1 Cortelyou Road Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 5115 15th Avenue Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    0.9 miles
  3. 1763 86th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 7 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2022.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11218
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 12
City Council district
39
Police precinct
66
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Borough Park

The streets

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

Homes

About 900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1916 and 1931.

Since 2014 at least 11 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 27 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the swamp white oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2017 and November 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Church Avenue

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SATURDAY

South side of Church Avenue

  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Old New Utrecht Road

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Old New Utrecht Road

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SATURDAY

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 27 public places.

  • 12 schools
  • 9 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 1 college
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Bobover Yeshiva Bnei Zion School
    220 feet
  2. Gan Yisroel School
    240 feet
  3. TLC Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    860 feet
Show all 22
  1. Bais Meir School
    370 feet
  2. Talmud Torah Ohel Yochanan School
    370 feet
  3. Kesser Malka School
    670 feet
  4. United Talmudical Academy-Boro Park School
    670 feet
  5. Bais Tziporah School
    910 feet
  6. Bais Yaakov of Bensonhurst School
    910 feet
  7. Cuddle Cove Child Care Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    960 feet
  8. Little Cubs Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    970 feet
  9. Yeled V'Yalda - Eval Site School
    1,010 feet
  10. Bais Shifra Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,050 feet
  11. Daemen University-Brooklyn Branch College
    1,120 feet
  12. Mesivta Nesivas Hatalmud School
    1,120 feet
  13. Yeled V'Yalda Early Childhood Ctr Preschool
    1,140 feet
  14. Yeshiva Machzikei Hadas School
    1,140 feet
  15. Yeshiva Headstart 40th Street Pre-K
    1,170 feet
  16. Bnos Yakov of Boro Park School
    1,170 feet
  17. Yeshivath Kehilath Yakov Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,190 feet
  18. Yeled V' Yalda Early Childhood Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,240 feet
  19. Twinkle Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Dome Playground
    1,270 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Congregation Chevra Linath Hazedeck Listed historic place
    1,000 feet

Supermarkets

  1. KRM Supermarket Supermarket
    1,260 feet
  2. Met Fresh Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are ten places to eat and 30 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 18 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Church Avenue or Old New Utrecht Road.

Sources: NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Technology and Innovation, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.