East 17th Street & Cortelyou Road

East 17th Street and Cortelyou Road meet at a four-way crossing in Flatbush, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 12 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. P.S. 245 is 1,100 feet away. The nearest subway, Cortelyou Rd, is about two minutes on foot, for the Q. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, three of them day care or pre-K sites, and 14 places to eat. About 2,200 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1926 and 1956, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
6 hurt
12 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Cortelyou Rd
460 feet · 2 min on foot · Q
Nearest bus stop
350 feet
Cortelyou Rd/E 18 St · B103, BM1, BM2, BM3 +1
Within a walk
12 places
3 day care or pre-K sites, 3 religious buildings and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East 17th Street & Cortelyou Road Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Cortelyou Rd, 460 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  1. Cortelyou Rd Q
    460 feet
    Q

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. Q …
Southbound
1 line
  1. Q …

Also within a walk

  1. Beverley Rd Q
    0.3 miles
    Q

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Garden Stops” (1994) by Patsy Norvell at the Cortelyou Rd station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Cortelyou Rd/E 18 St, 350 feet away, for the B103, BM1, BM2, BM3 and BM4.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Cortelyou Rd/E 18 St B103, BM1, BM2, BM3 +1
    350 feet
    B103 BM1 BM2 BM3 BM4

Next buses at this stop

  1. B103 …
  2. BM1 …
  3. BM2 …
  4. BM3 …
  5. BM4 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 35 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 16 St & Cortelyou Rd 26 docks in all
    340 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 1.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 842 Coney Island Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 1170 Ocean Avenue Charging for electric cars, eight Level 2 chargers
    0.9 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 12 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 September 2025.

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
32 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,200 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 1926 and 1956.

Since 2014 at least 76 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 50 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the littleleaf linden and the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2015 and October 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Cortelyou Road

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of Cortelyou Road

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY THURSDAY SATURDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 8AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

East side of East 17th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of East 17th Street

  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 310125 and 310904.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 79 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Colonial Revival, and mostly built between 1902 and 1905.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. B'Above Worldwide Institute Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    680 feet
  2. Cortelyou Early Childhood Center School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    810 feet
  3. P.S. 245 School
    1,100 feet
Show all 5
  1. P.S. 139 Alexine A. Fenty School
    1,170 feet
  2. Aleph Elc Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Lt. Federico Narvaez Tot Lot Playground
    1,090 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Church of the Holy Innocents Listed historic place
    1,020 feet
  2. Cortelyou Library
    1,110 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Flatbush Tompkins Congregational Church Landmark
    1,140 feet
  2. Congregation Ohel Yitzhack House of worship
    1,310 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Dorchester Senior Citizens Center Older adult center
    1,280 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    250 feet
  2. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    0.5 miles
  3. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    390 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 14 places to eat and 11 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Cortelyou Road or East 17th Street.

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.