East 17th Street & Church Avenue

East 17th Street and Church Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Flatbush, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 13 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Detective Dillon Stewart Playground is 930 feet away. The nearest subway, Church Av, is about a minute on foot, for the B and Q. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, three of them day care or pre-K sites, and 19 places to eat. About 2,500 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1928 and 1954, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
4 hurt
13 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Church Av
230 feet · 1 min on foot · B, Q
Nearest bus stop
180 feet
Church Av/E 18 St · B35
Within a walk
11 places
3 day care or pre-K sites, 3 religious buildings and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East 17th Street & Church Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Church Av, 230 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Church Av B, Q
    230 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. Beverley Rd Q
    0.4 miles
    Q

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Church Av/E 18 St, 180 feet away, for the B35.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Church Av/E 18 St B35
    180 feet
    B35

Next buses at this stop

  1. B35 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 40 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 18 St & Church Ave 31 docks in all
    340 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 1 mile by car along the streets.

  1. 2193 Bedford Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 123 Linden Boulevard Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles
  3. 2699 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    2.7 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.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, September 2023
  • Barnes Dance all-way crossing, undated in the City's record

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
Elevation
50 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 2,500 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 1928 and 1954.

Since 2014 at least 15 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 30 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 27 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules
  • 6 active meters
  • 5 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2024 and February 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8am to 7pm on Church Avenue (south side).

North side of Church Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY NOON-7PM SATURDAY 8AM-7PM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • Truck loading only 4 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-NOON

East side of East 17th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of East 17th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 303554, 312644, 330266, 332032 and 332033.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 53 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Colonial Revival, and mostly built between 1901 and 1914.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 1 garden
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 park
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Gifted & Talented Early Developers Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    200 feet
  2. Aim High Children's Services Preschool
    540 feet
  3. Practical Learning Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    750 feet
Show all 4
  1. P.S. 249 the Caton School
    1,150 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Q Gardens Community Farm Garden
    200 feet
  2. Parade Ground Park
    850 feet
  3. Detective Dillon Stewart Playground
    930 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Knickerbocker Field Club Listed historic place
    960 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Temple Beth Emeth Vohr Progressive Shaari Zedek Landmark
    540 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    990 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Mannan Halal Supermarket Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    1,280 feet
  2. Dollar Tree Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 19 places to eat and 24 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Church Avenue or East 17th Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, 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, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.