Cortelyou Road & Lott Street

Cortelyou Road and Lott Street meet at a three-way junction in East Flatbush-Erasmus, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Fernande Valme Ministries is 1,250 feet away. The nearest subway, Beverly Rd, is about six minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places, 12 of them religious buildings, and seven places to eat. About 2,800 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Beverly Rd
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
330 feet
Bedford Av/Beverley Rd · B49
Within a walk
15 places
12 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Cortelyou Road & Lott Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Beverly Rd 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 …

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Bedford Av/Beverley Rd, 330 feet away, for the B49.

  • 13 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bedford Av/Beverley Rd B49
    330 feet
    B49

Next buses at this stop

  1. B49 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 4 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Bedford Ave & Beverley Rd 24 docks in all
    470 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 1.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1092 Rogers Avenue Gas station
    1,260 feet
  2. 123 Linden Boulevard Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles
  3. 2699 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    2 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. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in July 2022.

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
26 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 2,800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 50 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 63 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

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 December 2019 and September 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Cortelyou Road

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

East side of Lott Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

West side of Lott Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 20 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Renaissance Revival. They were mostly built between 1909 and 1912.

  1. Sears Roebuck & Company Department Store Designated landmark
    560 feet

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 12 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. Brooklyn's Brightest Starz Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    390 feet
  2. Big Dreams Child Care Center II Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    990 feet
  3. Global Health Care Training Centre,i Trade or language school
    1,250 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Pentecostal Church of God Bibleway House of worship
    360 feet
  2. Jehovahs Witnesses Cortelyou Rd House of worship
    410 feet
  3. Fernande Valme Ministries House of worship
    1,250 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are seven places to eat and 12 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 15 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Cortelyou Road or Lott 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, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.