Coney Island Avenue & Church Avenue

Coney Island Avenue and Church Avenue 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, 33 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. In 2025, 557 bus-lane camera tickets were recorded here. Brooklyn College Academy is 1,100 feet away. The nearest subway, Church Av, is about nine minutes on foot, for the B and Q. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, five of them religious buildings, and 19 places to eat.

Safety record
21 hurt
33 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Church Av
0.4 miles · 9 min on foot · B, Q
Nearest bus stop
60 feet
Church Av/Coney Island Av · B35
Within a walk
11 places
5 religious buildings, 4 schools and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Coney Island Avenue & Church Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Church Av, 0.4 miles from this corner, about nine 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
    0.5 miles
    Q

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Church Av/Coney Island Av, 60 feet away, for the B35.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Church Av/Coney Island Av B35
    60 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

  • 31 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
    460 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
    660 feet
  2. 123 Linden Boulevard Charging for electric cars, 20 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 33 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 21 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, August 2017
  • Turn calming, August 2017

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 557 bus-lane camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 134th most of the 174 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 3, 140 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 12
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 1,600 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 1961.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 36 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the Japanese zelkova and the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 26 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2019 and March 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Church Avenue

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Church Avenue

  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Coney Island Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY THURSDAY SATURDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Coney Island Avenue

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 6AM-4PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 334444.

Landmarks and historic districts

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

Within 820 feet, 75 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Colonial Revival, and mostly built between 1904 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
  • 4 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 park

Schools and child care

  1. Honeydew Drop Playhouse Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    540 feet
  2. M.S. 890 School
    670 feet
  3. P.S. 889 School
    670 feet
Show all 5
  1. Brooklyn College Academy School
    1,100 feet
  2. M.S. 839 School
    1,110 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Parade Ground Park
    790 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Mannan Halal Supermarket Supermarket
    250 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.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 14 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Church Avenue or Coney Island Avenue.

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.