Crown Street & Kingston Avenue

Crown Street and Kingston Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Crown Heights (South), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Gan Academy is 640 feet away. The nearest subway, Kingston Av, is about five minutes on foot, for the 3. Within a five-minute walk are 24 public places, 17 of them religious buildings, and nine places to eat. About 1,400 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1920 and 1925, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
11 hurt
10 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Kingston Av
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · 3
Nearest bus stop
210 feet
Kingston Av/Montgomery St · B43
Within a walk
24 places
17 religious buildings, 4 day care or pre-K sites and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Crown Street & Kingston Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Kingston Av, 0.3 miles from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  1. Kingston Av 3
    0.3 miles
    3

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. 3 …
Outbound
1 line
  1. 3 …

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Kingston Av/Montgomery St, 210 feet away, for the B43.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Kingston Av/Montgomery St B43 · Shelter
    210 feet
    B43
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B43 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 25 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Kingston Ave & Montgomery St 19 docks in all
    380 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 2.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 415 Empire Boulevard Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 375 Lefferts Avenue Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 11 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 4 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, June 2024

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11213
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 9
City Council district
35
Police precinct
71
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Crown Heights (South)
Elevation
93 feet above sea level

The streets

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

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 1920 and 1925.

Trees

NYC Parks records 51 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 38 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules
  • 4 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2017 and November 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Crown Street

  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY NOON-1:30PM

South side of Crown Street

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY NOON-1:30PM

East side of Kingston Avenue

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-THURSDAY 8:30AM-7PM 4 HOUR METERED PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-7PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-8:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Kingston Avenue

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-THURSDAY 9AM-7PM 4 HOUR METERED PARKING FRIDAY 9AM-7PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8:30AM-9AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 334848 and 336691.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 24 public places.

  • 17 religious buildings
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 schools

Schools and child care

  1. Gan Academy School
    640 feet
  2. United Lubavitcher Yeshivoth Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    920 feet
  3. United Lubavitcher Yeshiva School
    1,000 feet
Show all 7
  1. United Lubavitch Yeshiva Pre-K
    1,000 feet
  2. Cheeryos Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,140 feet
  3. Cheeryos Daycare Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    1,140 feet
  4. St Mark's Day School
    1,220 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Chabad Lubavitch World HQ House of worship
    1,170 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    1,190 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are nine places to eat and 12 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Crown Street or Kingston Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, New York City's bike-share system, 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.