Coney Island Avenue & Albemarle Road

Coney Island Avenue and Albemarle Road meet at a three-way junction in Flatbush (West)-Ditmas Park-Parkville, Brooklyn. The corner lies on the edge of the Prospect Park South Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. M.S. 890 is 560 feet away. The nearest subway, Beverley Rd, is about nine minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, four of them religious buildings, and 19 places to eat.

Safety record
4 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Beverley Rd
0.5 miles · 9 min on foot · Q
Nearest bus stop
60 feet
Coney Island Av/Church Av · B68
Within a walk
11 places
4 religious buildings, 4 schools and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Coney Island Avenue & Albemarle Road Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Beverley Rd, 0.5 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Beverley Rd Q
    0.5 miles
    Q

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. Q …
Southbound
1 line
  1. Q …

Also within a walk

  1. Church Av B, Q
    0.5 miles
    B Q

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Garden Stops” (1994) by Patsy Norvell at the Beverley Rd station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Coney Island Av/Church Av, 60 feet away, for the B68.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Coney Island Av/Church Av B68
    60 feet
    B68

Next buses at this stop

  1. B68 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 26 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 5 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 396 Coney Island Avenue Gas station
    760 feet
  2. 581 Ocean Parkway Charging for electric cars, 13 Level 2 chargers
    1.1 miles
  3. 2699 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    2.9 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.

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11218
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 14
City Council district
40
Police precinct
66 and 70 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Flatbush (West)-Ditmas Park-Parkville
Elevation
46 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 1,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1925 and 1960.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 35 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 20 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2019 and April 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Albemarle Road

  • No standing 8 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Albemarle Road

  • No standing 7 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Coney Island Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY THURSDAY SATURDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 330907.

Landmarks and historic districts

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

Within 820 feet, 86 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Colonial Revival, and mostly built between 1903 and 1910.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 4 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 park

Schools and child care

  1. M.S. 890 School
    560 feet
  2. P.S. 889 School
    560 feet
  3. Honeydew Drop Playhouse Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    640 feet
Show all 5
  1. Brooklyn College Academy School
    1,190 feet
  2. M.S. 839 School
    1,200 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Parade Ground Park
    890 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Prospect Park South Historic District Listed historic place
    1,240 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Mannan Halal Supermarket Supermarket
    350 feet
  2. Met Fresh Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Albemarle Road or Coney Island Avenue.

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