Church Avenue & Stratford Road

Church Avenue and Stratford 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, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Brooklyn corner. In 2025, 1,842 bus-lane camera tickets were recorded here. M.S. 890 is 1,150 feet away. The nearest subway, Church Av, is about seven minutes on foot, for the B and Q. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, five of them religious buildings, and 16 places to eat.

Safety record
7 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Church Av
0.4 miles · 7 min on foot · B, Q
Nearest bus stop
200 feet
Church Av/Westminster Rd · B35
Within a walk
11 places
5 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Church Avenue & Stratford Road Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Church Av, 0.4 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Church Av B, Q
    0.4 miles
    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
    0.4 miles
    Q

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Church Av/Westminster Rd, 200 feet away, for the B35.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Church Av/Westminster Rd B35
    200 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

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Turner Pl & Coney Island Ave 20 docks in all
    940 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 396 Coney Island Avenue Gas station
    1,140 feet
  2. 123 Linden Boulevard Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    1 mile
  3. 2699 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    2.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 7 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot

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, 1,842 bus-lane camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 88th most of the 174 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 3, 353 more were issued.

Every corner with bus-lane camera tickets

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11218
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 14
City Council district
40
Police precinct
70
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Flatbush (West)-Ditmas Park-Parkville
Elevation
44 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,500 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 1924 and 1961.

Since 2014 at least 44 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 63 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
  • 10 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2015 and September 2019, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Church Avenue

  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

South side of Church Avenue

  • No standing 6 signs NO STANDING 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Stratford Road

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING NOON-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-NOON EXCEPT SUNDAY

West side of Stratford Road

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 313969 and 338798.

Landmarks and historic districts

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

Within 820 feet, 138 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Colonial Revival, and mostly built between 1903 and 1912.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 schools
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 park

Schools and child care

  1. Honeydew Drop Playhouse Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    60 feet
  2. M.S. 890 School
    1,150 feet
  3. P.S. 889 School
    1,150 feet
Show all 4
  1. Aim High Children's Services Preschool
    1,160 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Parade Ground Park
    760 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Prospect Park South Historic District Listed historic place
    1,050 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Temple Beth Emeth Vohr Progressive Shaari Zedek House of worship
    1,160 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Mannan Halal Supermarket Supermarket
    730 feet
  2. Met Fresh Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 16 places to eat and 14 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Church Avenue or Stratford 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.