Church Avenue & Rugby Road

Church Avenue and Rugby Road meet at a four-way crossing in Flatbush (West)-Ditmas Park-Parkville, Brooklyn. The corner lies on the edge of the Prospect Park South Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. In 2025, 366 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. Caton Park Rehabilitation and Nursing Center is 660 feet away. The nearest subway, Church Av, is about four minutes on foot, for the B and Q. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places and 22 places to eat.

Safety record
14 hurt
10 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Church Av
1,070 feet · 4 min on foot · B, Q
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
Church Av/Rugby Rd · B35
Within a walk
12 places
4 day care or pre-K sites, 3 religious buildings and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Church Avenue & Rugby Road Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Church Av, 1,070 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Church Av B, Q
    1,070 feet
    B Q

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
2 lines
  1. B …
  2. Q …
Southbound
2 lines
  1. B …
  2. Q …

Also within a walk

  1. Beverley Rd Q
    0.3 miles
    Q

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Church Av/Rugby Rd, 110 feet away, for the B35.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Church Av/Rugby Rd B35
    110 feet
    B35

Next buses at this stop

  1. B35 …

Live arrivals

Church Avenue carries a bus lane, 7am to 7pm on Monday to Saturday.

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Rugby Road.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Rugby Rd & Albemarle Rd 19 docks in all
    500 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 396 Coney Island Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 123 Linden Boulevard Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    0.8 miles
  3. 2699 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    2.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 14 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 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

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 366 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 1,365th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 295 more were issued.

Every corner with speed camera tickets

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11226
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 14
City Council district
40
Police precinct
70
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Flatbush (West)-Ditmas Park-Parkville
Elevation
45 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, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1920 and 1937.

Since 2014 at least 20 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 49 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 30 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2016 and July 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Church Avenue

  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

South side of Church Avenue

  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

East side of Rugby Road

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

West side of Rugby Road

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands at the edge of the Prospect Park South Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 139 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Colonial Revival, and mostly built between 1902 and 1913.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 1 garden
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 nursing home or hospice
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Aim High Children's Services Preschool
    340 feet
  2. Gifted & Talented Early Developers Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    630 feet
  3. P.S. 249 the Caton School
    720 feet
Show all 5
  1. Honeydew Drop Playhouse Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    760 feet
  2. Practical Learning Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,020 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Parade Ground Park
    760 feet
  2. Q Gardens Community Farm Garden
    1,040 feet

Health care

  1. Caton Park Rehabilitation and Nursing Center Nursing home or hospice
    660 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Prospect Park South Historic District Listed historic place
    800 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Temple Beth Emeth Vohr Progressive Shaari Zedek Landmark
    340 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Mannan Halal Supermarket Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 22 places to eat and 19 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Church Avenue or Rugby Road.

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