Coney Island Avenue & Cortelyou Road

Coney Island Avenue and Cortelyou Road meet at a three-way junction in Flatbush (West)-Ditmas Park-Parkville, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 27 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. In 2025, 466 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. Lt. Federico Narvaez Tot Lot is 890 feet away. The nearest subway, Cortelyou Rd, is about six minutes on foot, for the Q. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, five of them schools, and 40 places to eat.

Safety record
16 hurt
27 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Cortelyou Rd
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · Q
Nearest bus stop
170 feet
Coney Island Av/Cortelyou Rd · B68
Within a walk
13 places
5 schools, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Coney Island Avenue & Cortelyou Road Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  1. Cortelyou Rd Q
    0.3 miles
    Q

Next trains at this station

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

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Coney Island Av/Cortelyou Rd, 170 feet away, for the B68.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Coney Island Av/Cortelyou Rd B68
    170 feet
    B68

Next buses at this stop

  1. B68 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Cortelyou Rd & Stratford Rd 21 docks in all
    270 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 842 Coney Island Avenue Gas station
    970 feet
  2. 581 Ocean Parkway Charging for electric cars, 13 Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 2699 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    2.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 27 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 16 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 4 of those hurt, on foot
  • 3 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Safety Improvement Project, 2019

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 466 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 1,226th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 239 more were issued.

Every corner with speed camera tickets

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11218
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 14
City Council district
39
Police precinct
66 and 70 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Flatbush (West)-Ditmas Park-Parkville
Elevation
38 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 1,900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1930 and 1961.

Since 2014 at least 3 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 27 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 68 signs on these blocks
  • 19 different rules
  • 12 active meters
  • 4 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2020 and November 2025; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8am to 7pm on Cortelyou Road (south side).

East side of Coney Island Avenue

  • Metered parking 10 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY THURSDAY SATURDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM

West side of Coney Island Avenue

  • Metered parking 8 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-4PM SATURDAY 8AM-7PM
  • Ambulettes only 1 sign AMBULETTE ONLY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING 4PM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 6AM-6PM ALL DAYS

North side of Cortelyou Road

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 305154, 307396, 310458 and 335129.

Landmarks and historic districts

Five buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, and built in 1903.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 schools
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 library
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Honeydew Cortelyou Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    110 feet
  2. Cortelyou Early Childhood Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    340 feet
  3. Bonim Lamokom School
    730 feet
Show all 8
  1. Torah Vodaath High School
    730 feet
  2. Yeshiva Torah Vodaath School
    970 feet
  3. J.H.S. 062 Ditmas School
    1,010 feet
  4. P.S. 139 Alexine A. Fenty School
    1,250 feet
  5. Early Childhood Development Center Kaleidoscope Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Lt. Federico Narvaez Tot Lot Playground
    890 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Cortelyou Library
    1,000 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 281/Ladder 147 Fire station
    680 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    490 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.3 miles
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 40 places to eat and 13 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, six of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Coney Island Avenue or Cortelyou Road.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC Finance, NYC DOT, MTA, 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.