Ditmas Avenue & Rugby Road

Ditmas Avenue and Rugby 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. Dorchester Senior Citizens Center is 1,150 feet away. The nearest subway, Newkirk Plaza, is about four 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
6 hurt
13 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Newkirk Plaza
1,170 feet · 4 min on foot · B, Q
Nearest bus stop
1,050 feet
Coney Island Av/Ditmas Av · B68
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 & Rugby Road Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Newkirk Plaza, 1,170 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Newkirk Plaza B, Q
    1,170 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
    0.4 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, 1,050 feet away, for the B68.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Coney Island Av/Ditmas Av B68
    1,050 feet
    B68

Next buses at this stop

  1. B68 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Rugby Road.

  • 16 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
    1,230 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
    2.2 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.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 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
29 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two 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 1931.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 82 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2015 and January 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Ditmas Avenue

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

South side of Ditmas Avenue

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

East side of Rugby Road

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

West side of Rugby Road

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

Landmarks and historic districts

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

Within 820 feet, 262 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

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
    1,050 feet
  2. Early Childhood Development Center Kaleidoscope Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,300 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Ditmas Park Historic District Listed historic place
    1,280 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Congregation Ohel Yitzhack House of worship
    1,050 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Dorchester Senior Citizens Center Older adult center
    1,150 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    1,300 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    800 feet
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 12 places to eat and 17 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Ditmas Avenue or Rugby Road.

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.