Ditmas Avenue & Marlborough Road

Ditmas Avenue and Marlborough 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, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Congregation Ohel Yitzhack is 870 feet away. The nearest subway, Newkirk Plaza, is about three minutes on foot, for the B and Q. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites, and 12 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Newkirk Plaza
890 feet · 3 min on foot · B, Q
Nearest bus stop
1,110 feet
Foster Av/Marlborough Rd · B8
Within a walk
6 places
2 day care or pre-K sites, 2 religious buildings and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Ditmas Avenue & Marlborough Road Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Newkirk Plaza, 890 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Newkirk Plaza B, Q
    890 feet
    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
    0.3 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 Foster Av/Marlborough Rd, 1,110 feet away, for the B8.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Foster Av/Marlborough Rd B8 · Shelter
    1,110 feet
    B8
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B8 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 16 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 16 St & Cortelyou Rd 26 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
    0.3 miles
  2. 581 Ocean Parkway Charging for electric cars, 13 Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 2699 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    2.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11226
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 14
City Council district
40
Police precinct
70
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Flatbush (West)-Ditmas Park-Parkville
Elevation
30 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1905 and 1938.

Trees

NYC Parks records 49 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 31 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2018 and May 2022, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Ditmas Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Ditmas Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Marlborough Road

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of Marlborough Road

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 8AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 329655 and 332216.

Landmarks and historic districts

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

Within 820 feet, 313 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Queen Anne, and mostly built between 1903 and 1906.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Six public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 older adult center

Schools and child care

  1. Aleph Elc Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    870 feet
  2. Cortelyou Early Childhood Center School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,290 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Ditmas Park Historic District Listed historic place
    990 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Congregation Ohel Yitzhack House of worship
    870 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Dorchester Senior Citizens Center Older adult center
    890 feet

Bank branches

  1. Santander Bank Bank branch
    1,210 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    1,280 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    1,010 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    590 feet
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 12 places to eat and 15 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 Ditmas Avenue or Marlborough Road.

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