Crystal Street & Wells Street

Crystal Street and Wells Street meet at a three-way junction in East New York-City Line, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Crystal Wells Community Garden is 40 feet away. The nearest subway, Euclid Av, is about six minutes on foot, and four subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 19 public places, nine of them religious buildings. About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Euclid Av
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · A, C
Nearest bus stop
920 feet
Euclid Av/Liberty Av · B13
Within a walk
19 places
9 religious buildings, 2 gardens and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Crystal Street & Wells Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Euclid Av, 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. Euclid Av A, C
    0.3 miles
    A C

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
2 lines
  1. A …
  2. C …
Queens
2 lines
  1. A …
  2. C …

Also within a walk

  1. Norwood Av J, Z
    0.4 miles
    J Z

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Euclid Av/Liberty Av, 920 feet away, for the B13.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Euclid Av/Liberty Av B13
    920 feet
    B13

Next buses at this stop

  1. B13 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 8 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 1.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 3170 Atlantic Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 570 Jamaica Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.9 miles
  3. 1-01 Forest Park Drive Fast charging for electric cars
    3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported one crash at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2024.

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
29 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 177 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 53 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

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

East side of Crystal Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

West side of Crystal Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

South side of Wells Street

  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nineteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 9 religious buildings
  • 2 gardens
  • 2 trade or language schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 fire station
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Transit Tech Career and Technical Education High School
    150 feet
  2. Career Academy of New York Trade or language school
    750 feet
  3. Great Oaks Health Academy Trade or language school
    750 feet
Show all 4
  1. Friends of Crown Heights #18 Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,200 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Crystal Wells Community Garden
    40 feet
  2. City Line Park
    230 feet
  3. City Line Park Playground
    330 feet
Show all 4
  1. Green Gems Garden
    790 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Talmud Torah Atereth Israel Listed historic place
    230 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Lydia Episcopal Church House of worship
    820 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 236 Fire station
    870 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Golden Farms Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.3 miles
  2. Family Dollar Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are five 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 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Crystal Street or Wells Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, 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.