Crown Street & Rochester Avenue

Crown Street and Rochester Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Crown Heights (South), Brooklyn, at the edge of Lincoln Terrace Park. Between 2021 and 2025, 14 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Lincoln Terrace / Arthur S. Somers Park is 40 feet away. The nearest subway, Sutter Av-Rutland Rd, is about eight minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 17 public places, six of them religious buildings, and 13 places to eat.

Safety record
5 hurt
14 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Sutter Av-Rutland Rd
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · 3
Nearest bus stop
320 feet
East New York Av/E 94 St · B12
Within a walk
17 places
6 religious buildings, 5 schools and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Crown Street & Rochester Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Sutter Av-Rutland Rd, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Sutter Av-Rutland Rd 3
    0.4 miles
    3

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. 3 …
New Lots
1 line
  1. 3 …

Also within a walk

  1. Crown Hts-Utica Av 3, 4
    0.4 miles
    3 4

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Ailanthus” (2017) by Nancy Baker at the Sutter Av-Rutland Rd station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is East New York Av/E 94 St, 320 feet away, for the B12.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. East New York Av/E 94 St B12 · Shelter
    320 feet
    B12
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B12 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 17 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 2 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
    2.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 14 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11213
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 9
City Council district
41
Police precinct
71 and 77 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Crown Heights (South); the corner is on the edge of the Lincoln Terrace Park area
Elevation
54 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is 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 74 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 7 signs on these blocks
  • 3 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2017 and February 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Crown Street

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

South side of Crown Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY NOON-1:30PM

West side of Rochester Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY NOON-1:30PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seventeen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 5 schools
  • 3 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
    240 feet
  2. Seneca Village Preschool Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    270 feet
  3. P.S. 398 Walter Weaver School
    590 feet
Show all 8
  1. P.S. 770 New American Academy School
    590 feet
  2. All My Children Day Care & Nursery School Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    960 feet
  3. Congregation Ohr Menachem School
    1,070 feet
  4. P.S. 189 the Bilingual Center School
    1,080 feet
  5. Kids-Centric, Inc Medgar Evers School
    1,230 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Lincoln Terrace / Arthur S. Somers Park
    40 feet
  2. Lincoln Terrace Park / Arthur S. Somers Playground
    420 feet
  3. East Flatbush Children's Playground
    840 feet

Houses of worship

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

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    1,250 feet
  2. Bravo Supermarket
    1,290 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 13 places to eat and 11 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 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Crown Street or Rochester Avenue.

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.