Cortelyou Road & East 42nd Street

Cortelyou Road and East 42nd Street meet at a three-way junction in East Flatbush-Rugby, Brooklyn, at the edge of Holy Cross Cemetery. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. The nearest bus stop, Avenue D/E 42 St, is 1,290 feet away for the B8, and two bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are two places to eat. About 400 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1925 and 1945, almost all in houses of one or two.

Safety record
2 hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Prospect Expressway
2.6 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
1,290 feet
Avenue D/E 42 St · B8
Within a walk
About 400 homes
within 820 feet of this corner

Map

Layers
Cortelyou Road & East 42nd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Avenue D/E 42 St, 1,290 feet away, for the B8.

  • 2 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Avenue D/E 42 St B8
    1,290 feet
    B8

Next buses at this stop

  1. B8 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Cortelyou Rd & Albany Ave 21 docks in all
    320 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 2.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1141 Utica Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 395 Lenox Road Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    1.1 miles
  3. 2143 Flatbush Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    2.1 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.

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2024.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11203
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 17
City Council district
45
Police precinct
67
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East Flatbush-Rugby; the corner is on the edge of the Holy Cross Cemetery area
Elevation
38 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1925 and 1945.

Trees

NYC Parks records 26 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2020 and August 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

South side of Cortelyou Road

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

East side of East 42nd Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of East 42nd Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

Within a walk

How places are listed

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are two places to eat and one food store.

Not on record for this corner:

  • A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
  • A bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet
  • A signal or safety change
  • A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet
  • A listed public place within a five-minute walk

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Cortelyou Road or East 42nd Street.

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, NYS Agriculture and Markets, NYC Health and NYC Parks, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.