Ditmas Avenue & Stratford Road

Ditmas Avenue and Stratford Road meet at a three-way junction in Flatbush (West)-Ditmas Park-Parkville, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Peace Academy is 470 feet away. The nearest subway, Newkirk Plaza, is about eight minutes on foot, for the B and Q. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, four of them religious buildings, and 18 places to eat. About 1,600 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1930 and 1935, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
1 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Newkirk Plaza
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · B, Q
Nearest bus stop
190 feet
Coney Island Av/Ditmas Av · B68
Within a walk
11 places
4 religious buildings, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Ditmas Avenue & Stratford Road Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Newkirk Plaza, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

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

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
2 lines
  1. B …
  2. Q …
Southbound
2 lines
  1. B …
  2. 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, 190 feet away, for the B68.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B68 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 30 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Cortelyou Rd & Stratford Rd 21 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, 1.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 3701 18th Avenue Gas station
    380 feet
  2. 581 Ocean Parkway Charging for electric cars, 13 Level 2 chargers
    0.4 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 eight crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2024.

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
29 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1930 and 1935.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 67 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 17 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2020 and September 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Ditmas Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

East side of Stratford Road

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

West side of Stratford Road

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-6PM

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 73 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

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Early Childhood Development Center Kaleidoscope Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    450 feet
  2. Peace Academy School
    470 feet
  3. Inst for Career Training & Developme Trade or language school
    470 feet
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  1. Snapdragon Place Pre-K
    470 feet
  2. Manhattan School of Computer Technol Trade or language school
    470 feet
  3. Nayema Universal Child Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    940 feet
  4. P.S. 217 Colonel David Marcus School
    1,050 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Gala Apple International Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 18 places to eat and ten food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Ditmas Avenue or Stratford 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, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.