Crescent Street & Loring Avenue
Crescent Street and Loring Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in East New York-City Line, Brooklyn, at the edge of NYCHA's Pink development. Between 2021 and 2025, 16 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Woodruff Playground is 870 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Linden Blvd/Crescent St, is 620 feet away for the B13, B15 and B20, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, three of them religious buildings, and four places to eat.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Linden Blvd/Crescent St, 620 feet away, for the B13, B15 and B20.
- 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Linden Blvd/Crescent St B13, B15, B20620 feetB13 B15 B20
Next buses at this stop
- B13 …
- B15 …
- B20 …
Cycling
A marked bike lane runs on Loring Avenue.
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Erskine Street, 1.3 miles by car along the streets.
- 1249 Sutter Avenue Gas station0.6 miles
- 2797 Linden Boulevard Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers0.5 miles
- 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars2.9 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported 16 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.
- 10 people injured
- 0 people killed
- 2 of those hurt, on foot
The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.
What the city has done here
- Accessible pedestrian signal, April 2026
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11208
- Community board
- Brooklyn Community Board 5
- City Council district
- 42
- Police precinct
- 75
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- East New York-City Line
- Elevation
- 14 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
Homes
About 1,000 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 1963 and 1964.
The corner stands at the edge of NYCHA's Pink development.
Trees
NYC Parks records 36 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the Sargent cherry and the swamp white oak.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 27 signs on these blocks
- 5 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2015 and June 2023, and the sign on the street decides.
East side of Crescent Street
- No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
West side of Crescent Street
- No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
North side of Loring Avenue
- Carshare only 1 sign CARSHARE PARKING ONLY OTHERS NO STANDING ANYTIME
- No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
South side of Loring Avenue
- No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedSeven public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 3 religious buildings
- 2 schools
- 1 garden
- 1 playground
Schools and child care
- Brooklyn Scholars Charter School1,190 feet
- P.S. 224 Hale A. Woodruff School1,310 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Pink's Paradise Garden of Love - Pink Houses Garden730 feet
- Woodruff Playground870 feet
Houses of worship
- St Fortunata RC Church House of worship880 feet
Supermarkets
- Cherry Valley Marketplace Supermarket860 feet
- Food Bazaar Supermarket0.5 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are four places to eat and eight food stores.
Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.
Nearby corners
The eight nearest corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:
- Loring Avenue & Pine Street 270 feet
- Loring Avenue & Autumn Avenue 510 feet
- Euclid Avenue & Loring Avenue 530 feet
- Stanley Avenue & Crescent Street 560 feet
- Linden Boulevard & Crescent Street 620 feet
- Loring Avenue & Holly Street 790 feet
- Stanley Avenue & Hemlock Street 820 feet
- Stanley Avenue & Pine Street 830 feet
See every intersection along Crescent Street or Loring Avenue.