Church Avenue & Westminster Road

Church Avenue and Westminster 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, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Parade Ground is 750 feet away. The nearest subway, Church Av, is about six minutes on foot, for the B and Q. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, three of them day care or pre-K sites, and 20 places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Church Av
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · B, Q
Nearest bus stop
100 feet
Church Av/Westminster Rd · B35
Within a walk
10 places
3 day care or pre-K sites, 3 religious buildings and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Church Avenue & Westminster Road Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Church Av, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Church Av B, Q
    0.3 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, 100 feet away, for the B35.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Church Av/Westminster Rd B35
    100 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

  • 16 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Rugby Rd & Albemarle Rd 19 docks in all
    920 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
    0.3 miles
  2. 123 Linden Boulevard Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    0.9 miles
  3. 2699 Nostrand Avenue 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. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, March 2018

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
43 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 1920 and 1938.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 52 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2015 and September 2021, 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 3 signs NO STANDING 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

East side of Westminster 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 Westminster Road

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 302606 and 308388.

Landmarks and historic districts

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

Within 820 feet, 161 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

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 nursing home or hospice
  • 1 park
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Honeydew Drop Playhouse Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    210 feet
  2. Aim High Children's Services Preschool
    890 feet
  3. Gifted & Talented Early Developers Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,180 feet
Show all 4
  1. P.S. 249 the Caton School
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Parade Ground Park
    750 feet

Health care

  1. Caton Park Rehabilitation and Nursing Center Nursing home or hospice
    1,080 feet

Libraries, museums and history

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

Houses of worship

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

Supermarkets

  1. Mannan Halal Supermarket Supermarket
    1,000 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 20 places to eat and ten food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Church Avenue or Westminster Road.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, 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.