Cortelyou Road & Veronica Place

Cortelyou Road and Veronica Place meet at a three-way junction in East Flatbush-Erasmus, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Jehovahs Witnesses Cortelyou Rd is 810 feet away. The nearest subway, Beverly Rd, is about four minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are 16 public places, 13 of them religious buildings, and nine places to eat. About 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1920 and 1960, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
7 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Beverly Rd
1,150 feet · 4 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
550 feet
Rogers Av/Beverley Rd · B49
Within a walk
16 places
13 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Cortelyou Road & Veronica Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Beverly Rd, 1,150 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Beverly Rd 2, 5
    1,150 feet
    2 5

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 5 …
Flatbush
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 5 …

Also within a walk

  1. Newkirk Av-Little Haiti 2, 5
    0.5 miles
    2 5

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Rogers Av/Beverley Rd, 550 feet away, for the B49.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B49 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 1.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1092 Rogers Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 123 Linden Boulevard Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles
  3. 2699 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 7 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2025.

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
27 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1920 and 1960.

Since 2014 at least 53 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 48 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2014 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 Veronica Place

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

West side of Veronica Place

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

Landmarks and historic districts

Fourteen buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Renaissance Revival, and built between 1909 and 1912.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Sixteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 13 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 garden

Schools and child care

  1. Big Dreams Child Care Center II Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    610 feet
  2. Brooklyn's Brightest Starz Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    790 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Rogers/Tilden/Veronica Place Garden
    940 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Pentecostal Church of God Bibleway House of worship
    760 feet
  2. Jehovahs Witnesses Cortelyou Rd House of worship
    810 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are nine places to eat and nine 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 Veronica Place.

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.