Crescent Street & Danforth Street

Crescent Street and Danforth Street meet at a three-way junction in Cypress Hills, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. The nearest subway, Crescent St, is about five minutes on foot, for the J and Z. Within a five-minute walk are five public places, two of them religious buildings, and eight places to eat. About 1,400 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1901 and 1920, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
1 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Crescent St
1,200 feet · 5 min on foot · J, Z
Nearest bus stop
90 feet
Crescent St/Etna St · B13
Within a walk
5 places
2 religious buildings, 2 schools and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Crescent Street & Danforth Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Crescent St, 1,200 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Crescent St J, Z
    1,200 feet
    J Z

Next trains at this station

Outbound
2 lines
  1. J …
  2. Z …
Manhattan
2 lines
  1. J …
  2. Z …

Also within a walk

  1. Cypress Hills J
    1,210 feet
    J

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Wheel of Bloom-Soak up the Sun” (2007) by Jung Hyang Kim at the Crescent St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Crescent St/Etna St, 90 feet away, for the B13.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Crescent St/Etna St B13
    90 feet
    B13

Next buses at this stop

  1. B13 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 13 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Cypress Hills Street & Jackie Robinson Parkway, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 794 Jamaica Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 570 Jamaica Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 1-01 Forest Park Drive Fast charging for electric cars
    2.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported three 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 March 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11208
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 5
City Council district
37
Police precinct
75
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Cypress Hills
Elevation
41 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 1,400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1901 and 1920.

Trees

NYC Parks records 46 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the 'Green leaf' Japanese flowering cherry and the Japanese pagoda tree.

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 March 2016 and April 2017, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Crescent Street

  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Danforth Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of Danforth Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Five public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site

Schools and child care

  1. Success Academy Charter School - NYC 17 School
    1,060 feet
  2. Success Academy Charter School - NYC 18 School
    1,060 feet
  3. Cypress Hills Child Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,130 feet

Bank branches

  1. Capital One Bank branch
    1,140 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    920 feet
  2. Western Beef Supermarket
    1,010 feet

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are eight places to eat and 16 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 16 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Crescent Street or Danforth Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.