Cortelyou Road & Westminster Road

Cortelyou Road and Westminster Road meet at a four-way crossing in Flatbush (West)-Ditmas Park-Parkville, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. The Engine 281/Ladder 147 firehouse is 120 feet away, and Torah Vodaath High School is 1,300 feet away. The nearest subway, Cortelyou Rd, is about four minutes on foot, for the Q. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, three of them day care or pre-K sites, and 46 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Cortelyou Rd
970 feet · 4 min on foot · Q
Nearest bus stop
70 feet
Cortelyou Rd/Westminster Rd · B103, BM1, BM2, BM3 +1
Within a walk
10 places
3 day care or pre-K sites, 3 schools and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Cortelyou Road & Westminster Road Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Cortelyou Rd, 970 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  1. Cortelyou Rd Q
    970 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
    0.4 miles
    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, 70 feet away, for the B103, BM1, BM2, BM3 and BM4.

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

Next buses at this stop

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

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Cortelyou Rd & Stratford Rd 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, 1.2 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11218
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, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1926 and 1960.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 54 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the littleleaf linden.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 37 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2015 and April 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Cortelyou Road

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING FIRE ZONE

South side of Cortelyou Road

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AVO FIRE DEPARTMENT
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY THURSDAY SATURDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM

East side of Westminster Road

  • No parking 15 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Westminster Road

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 333617.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 58 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Queen Anne, and mostly built between 1901 and 1903.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Cortelyou Early Childhood Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    220 feet
  2. Honeydew Cortelyou Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    450 feet
  3. P.S. 139 Alexine A. Fenty School
    690 feet
Show all 6
  1. Aleph Elc Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,200 feet
  2. Bonim Lamokom School
    1,300 feet
  3. Torah Vodaath High School
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Lt. Federico Narvaez Tot Lot Playground
    320 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Cortelyou Library
    440 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Congregation Ohel Yitzhack House of worship
    1,200 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 281/Ladder 147 Fire station
    120 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    1,050 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    1,240 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    1,150 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 46 places to eat and 18 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

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

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