Church Avenue & Woods Place

Church Avenue and Woods Place meet at a three-way junction in East Flatbush-Erasmus, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. In 2025, 444 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. Goshen Temple 7 Day Adventists Church is 100 feet away, and Flatbush Town Hall stands 780 feet away. The nearest subway, Church Av, is about five minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are 27 public places, 13 of them religious buildings, and 28 places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Church Av
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
330 feet
Church Av/Bedford Av · B35
Within a walk
27 places
13 religious buildings, 8 schools and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Church Avenue & Woods Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Church Av 2, 5
    0.3 miles
    2 5

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 5 …
Flatbush
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 5 …

Also within a walk

  1. Church Av B, Q
    0.5 miles
    B Q

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Transitions” (2001) by Louis Delsarte at the Church Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Church Av/Bedford Av, 330 feet away, for the B35.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Church Av/Bedford Av B35
    330 feet
    B35

Next buses at this stop

  1. B35 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Lott St & Erasmus St 19 docks in all
    560 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 1.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2193 Bedford Avenue Gas station
    430 feet
  2. 123 Linden Boulevard Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. 2699 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    2.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 444 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 1,259th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 208 more were issued.

Every corner with speed camera tickets

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11226
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 17
City Council district
40
Police precinct
67
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East Flatbush-Erasmus
Elevation
49 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 2,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 236 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 43 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 11 signs on these blocks
  • 3 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in August 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

South side of Church Avenue

  • Time-limited parking 2 signs 1 HOUR PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-8:30AM

Landmarks and historic districts

Two buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Rundbogenstil and Victorian Gothic, one each, and built between 1875 and 1878.

  1. Flatbush District No. 1 School Designated landmark
    390 feet
  2. Flatbush Town Hall Designated landmark
    780 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

  • 13 religious buildings
  • 8 schools
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 park
  • 1 post office

Schools and child care

  1. Lil Rockerz Daycare Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    780 feet
  2. Norma Adams Clemons Academy School
    950 feet
  3. Academy for College Preparation and Career Exploration: a College Board School
    980 feet
Show all 11
  1. Academy of Hospitality and Tourism School
    980 feet
  2. High School for Service & Learning at Erasmus School
    980 feet
  3. High School for Youth and Community Development at Erasmus School
    980 feet
  4. Science, Technology and Research Early College High School at Erasmus School
    980 feet
  5. Rogers' Day Care Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,150 feet
  6. M.S. 246 Walt Whitman School
    1,150 feet
  7. Success Academy Charter School Ditmas Park Middle School
    1,150 feet
  8. Blue Star of New York Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,210 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Lott Park
    970 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Erasmus Hall Academy Listed historic place
    990 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Goshen Temple 7 Day Adventists Church House of worship
    100 feet
  2. Faith Assemblies of God Church House of worship
    410 feet
  3. Holy Cross RC Church House of worship
    430 feet
Show all 5
  1. The Universal Church House of worship
    470 feet
  2. Temple of Restoration House of worship
    910 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Flatbush Post Office Listed historic place
    440 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    1,110 feet
  2. Santander Bank Bank branch
    1,130 feet
  3. Chase Bank branch
    1,140 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    740 feet
  2. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    840 feet
  2. Target Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 28 places to eat and 14 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Church Avenue or Woods Place.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC Finance, 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.