Crescent Street & McKinley Avenue

Crescent Street and McKinley Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in East New York-City Line, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Brooklyn corner. City Line Park is 720 feet away. The nearest subway, Crescent St, is about six minutes on foot, and four subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, three of them religious buildings, and 12 places to eat. About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1910 and 1927, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
3 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Crescent St
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · J, Z
Nearest bus stop
40 feet
Crescent St/McKinley Av · B13
Within a walk
6 places
3 religious buildings, 1 fire station and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Crescent Street & McKinley Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Crescent St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Crescent St J, Z
    0.3 miles
    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. Euclid Av A, C
    0.4 miles
    A C
  2. Grant Av A
    0.5 miles
    A

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/McKinley Av, 40 feet away, for the B13.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Crescent St/McKinley Av B13
    40 feet
    B13

Next buses at this stop

  1. B13 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 17 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, 1.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 519 Autumn Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 570 Jamaica Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    1 mile
  3. 1-01 Forest Park Drive Fast charging for electric cars
    2.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2025.

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)
East New York-City Line
Elevation
40 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1910 and 1927.

Trees

NYC Parks records 63 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the swamp white oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 22 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2016 and January 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Crescent Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Crescent Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of McKinley Avenue

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

South side of McKinley Avenue

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Six public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. City Line Park
    720 feet
  2. City Line Park Playground
    840 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 236 Fire station
    1,150 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Golden Farms Supermarket
    370 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    770 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 12 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 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Crescent Street or McKinley Avenue.

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