Ditmas Avenue & Argyle Road

Ditmas Avenue and Argyle Road meet at a four-way crossing in Flatbush (West)-Ditmas Park-Parkville, Brooklyn. The corner lies on the edge of the Ditmas Park West Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, 13 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Peace Academy is 1,040 feet away. The nearest subway, Newkirk Plaza, is about six minutes on foot, for the B and Q. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, three of them day care or pre-K sites, and nine places to eat.

Safety record
5 hurt
13 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Newkirk Plaza
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · B, Q
Nearest bus stop
760 feet
Coney Island Av/Ditmas Av · B68
Within a walk
9 places
3 day care or pre-K sites, 2 religious buildings and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Ditmas Avenue & Argyle Road Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Newkirk Plaza B, Q
    0.3 miles
    B Q

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
2 lines
  1. B …
  2. Q …
Southbound
2 lines
  1. B …
  2. Q …

Also within a walk

  1. Cortelyou Rd Q
    0.4 miles
    Q

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Transit Skylight” (1988) by David Wilson at the Newkirk Plaza station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Coney Island Av/Ditmas Av, 760 feet away, for the B68.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Coney Island Av/Ditmas Av B68
    760 feet
    B68

Next buses at this stop

  1. B68 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Argyle Road.

  • 21 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Cortelyou Rd & Argyle Rd 25 docks in all
    0.3 miles

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 1.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 3701 18th Avenue Gas station
    950 feet
  2. 581 Ocean Parkway Charging for electric cars, 13 Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 2699 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    2.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 13 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11218
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 14
City Council district
40
Police precinct
70
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Flatbush (West)-Ditmas Park-Parkville
Elevation
27 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,200 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 1933.

Since 2014 at least 9 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 100 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 29 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2018 and December 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Argyle Road

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of Argyle Road

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM

North side of Ditmas Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of Ditmas Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands at the edge of the Ditmas Park West Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 188 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Queen Anne, and mostly built between 1904 and 1905.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 2 trade or language schools

Schools and child care

  1. Early Childhood Development Center Kaleidoscope Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,010 feet
  2. Peace Academy School
    1,040 feet
  3. Inst for Career Training & Developme Trade or language school
    1,040 feet
Show all 7
  1. Snapdragon Place Pre-K
    1,040 feet
  2. Manhattan School of Computer Technol Trade or language school
    1,040 feet
  3. Nayema Universal Child Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,060 feet
  4. P.S. 217 Colonel David Marcus School
    1,220 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    1,090 feet
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Argyle Road or Ditmas Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.