Drew Street & McKinley Avenue

Drew Street and McKinley Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in East New York-City Line, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Redeeming Grace Baptist Church is 70 feet away. The nearest subway, 80 St, is about six minutes on foot, for the A. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, ten of them religious buildings, and 14 places to eat. About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1910 and 1925, almost all in houses of one or two.

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Drew Street & McKinley Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Subway

The nearest subway station is 80 St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  1. 80 St A
    0.3 miles
    A

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. A …
Outbound
1 line
  1. A …

Also within a walk

  1. Grant Av A
    0.4 miles
    A

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “SOAR” (2016) by Mia Pearlman at the 80 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Liberty Av/Drew St, 800 feet away, for the Q8.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Liberty Av/Drew St Q8
    800 feet
    Q8

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q8 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 27 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Forest Park Drive & J Robinson Parkway, 1.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 81-02 Atlantic Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 9325 Rockaway Boulevard Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    1 mile
  3. 1-01 Forest Park Drive Fast charging for electric cars
    2.1 miles

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

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2023.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11208
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 5
City Council district
32 and 37 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
75 and 102 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East New York-City Line
Elevation
25 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Three of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1910 and 1925.

Trees

NYC Parks records 48 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
  • 5 different rules

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

North side of 97th Avenue

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of McKinley Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

South side of McKinley Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 10 religious buildings
  • 1 pedestrian plaza
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Cypress Hills Ascend Charter School
    1,160 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Liberty Avenue Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    710 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Redeeming Grace Baptist Church House of worship
    70 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    880 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Golden Farms Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Cherry Valley Marketplace Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 14 places to eat and 12 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 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.