Cortelyou Road & Marlborough Road

Cortelyou Road and Marlborough Road meet at a four-way crossing in Flatbush (West)-Ditmas Park-Parkville, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 15 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. P.S. 139 Alexine A. Fenty is 600 feet away. The nearest subway, Cortelyou Rd, is about a minute on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, four of them day care or pre-K sites, and 27 places to eat.

Safety record
6 hurt
15 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Cortelyou Rd
130 feet · 1 min on foot · Q
Nearest bus stop
910 feet
Cortelyou Rd/Westminster Rd · B103, BM1, BM2, BM3 +1
Within a walk
10 places
4 day care or pre-K sites, 1 fire station and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Cortelyou Road & Marlborough Road Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Cortelyou Rd, 130 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Cortelyou Rd Q
    130 feet
    Q

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Beverley Rd Q
    1,280 feet
    Q
  2. Newkirk Plaza B, Q
    0.5 miles
    B 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 Cortelyou Rd/Westminster Rd, 910 feet away, for the B103, BM1, BM2, BM3 and BM4.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Cortelyou Rd/Westminster Rd B103, BM1, BM2, BM3 +1
    910 feet
    B103 BM1 BM2 BM3 BM4

Next buses at this stop

  1. B103 …
  2. BM1 …
  3. BM2 …
  4. BM3 …
  5. BM4 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 51 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 16 St & Cortelyou Rd 26 docks in all
    330 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 1.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 842 Coney Island Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 581 Ocean Parkway Charging for electric cars, 13 Level 2 chargers
    0.9 miles
  3. 2699 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    2.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 15 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 6 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11226
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 14
City Council district
40
Police precinct
70
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Flatbush (West)-Ditmas Park-Parkville
Elevation
36 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1925 and 1959.

Trees

NYC Parks records 49 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 48 signs on these blocks
  • 12 different rules
  • 3 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2017 and January 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Cortelyou Road

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 10AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 6AM-10AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

South side of Cortelyou Road

  • Metered parking 2 signs 1 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY THURSDAY SATURDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM

East side of Marlborough Road

  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

West side of Marlborough Road

  • No parking 13 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 308246 and 330926.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 150 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Colonial Revival and Queen Anne, and mostly built between 1901 and 1904.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 library
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 playground
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Cortelyou Early Childhood Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    240 feet
  2. P.S. 139 Alexine A. Fenty School
    600 feet
  3. Aleph Elc Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    730 feet
Show all 5
  1. B'Above Worldwide Institute Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,250 feet
  2. Honeydew Cortelyou Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Lt. Federico Narvaez Tot Lot Playground
    520 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Cortelyou Library
    540 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Congregation Ohel Yitzhack House of worship
    730 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Dorchester Senior Citizens Center Older adult center
    710 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 281/Ladder 147 Fire station
    840 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    400 feet
  2. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. CTown Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    300 feet
  2. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 27 places to eat and 13 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Cortelyou Road or Marlborough Road.

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