Crown Street & Ford Street

Crown Street and Ford Street meet at a four-way crossing in Crown Heights (South), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Lincoln Terrace Park / Arthur S. Somers Playground is 600 feet away. The nearest subway, Crown Hts-Utica Av, is about seven minutes on foot, for the 3 and 4. Within a five-minute walk are 18 public places, six of them religious buildings, and 14 places to eat. About 2,300 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
4 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Crown Hts-Utica Av
0.4 miles · 7 min on foot · 3, 4
Nearest bus stop
440 feet
East New York Av/E 92 St · B12
Within a walk
18 places
6 religious buildings, 5 schools and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Crown Street & Ford Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Crown Hts-Utica Av, 0.4 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Crown Hts-Utica Av 3, 4
    0.4 miles
    3 4

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
2 lines
  1. 3 …
  2. 4 …
Outbound
2 lines
  1. 3 …
  2. 4 …

Also within a walk

  1. Sutter Av-Rutland Rd 3
    0.4 miles
    3

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Good Morning and Good Night” (2004) by Hugo Consuegra at the Crown Hts-Utica Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is East New York Av/E 92 St, 440 feet away, for the B12.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. East New York Av/E 92 St B12
    440 feet
    B12

Next buses at this stop

  1. B12 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Carroll St & Rochester Ave 21 docks in all
    550 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 2.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 441 Remsen Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 170 Buffalo Avenue Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    0.8 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    2.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11213
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 9
City Council district
41
Police precinct
71
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Crown Heights (South)
Elevation
58 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 2,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 20 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 62 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2015 and May 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Crown Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY NOON-1:30PM

South side of Crown Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY NOON-1:30PM

East side of Ford Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY NOON-1:30PM

West side of Ford Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eighteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 5 schools
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 park

Schools and child care

  1. The Friends of Crown Heights Educational Centers Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    80 feet
  2. Seneca Village Preschool Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    100 feet
  3. P.S. 398 Walter Weaver School
    760 feet
Show all 9
  1. P.S. 770 New American Academy School
    760 feet
  2. All My Children Day Care & Nursery School Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    790 feet
  3. Kids-Centric, Inc Medgar Evers School
    1,170 feet
  4. Congregation Ohr Menachem School
    1,240 feet
  5. P.S. 189 the Bilingual Center School
    1,250 feet
  6. Highlights Academy Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Lincoln Terrace / Arthur S. Somers Park
    220 feet
  2. Lincoln Terrace Park / Arthur S. Somers Playground
    600 feet
  3. East Flatbush Children's Playground
    1,020 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Gospel Crusade Church of the Pentecost House of worship
    500 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    1,080 feet
  2. Bravo Supermarket
    1,240 feet
  3. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 14 places to eat and ten 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 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Crown Street or Ford Street.

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, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.