East 17th Street & Wellington Court
East 17th Street and Wellington Court meet at a three-way junction in Flatbush (West)-Ditmas Park-Parkville, Brooklyn. The corner lies inside the Fiske Terrace-Midwood Park Historic District. It has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Avenue H Station House stands 480 feet away. The nearest subway, Ave H, is about two minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are two public places and two places to eat.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredSubway
The nearest subway station is Ave H, 620 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.
- 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
- Ave H Q620 feetQ
Next trains at this station
Manhattan
1 line- Q …
Southbound
1 line- Q …
Also within a walk
- Newkirk Plaza B, Q0.4 milesB Q
The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Brooklyn Bucolic” (2012) by Ed Kopel at the Ave H station.
Bus
The nearest bus stop is Ocean Av/Avenue H, 1,260 feet away, for the B49 and T464.
- 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Ocean Av/Avenue H B49, T464 · Shelter1,260 feetB49 T464
Next buses at this stop
- B49 …
- T464 …
Cycling
- 5 bicycle racks within 820 feet
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 2.1 miles by car along the streets.
- 1261 Flatbush Avenue Gas station0.8 miles
- 1170 Ocean Avenue Charging for electric cars, eight Level 2 chargers0.4 miles
- 2699 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars1.7 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedNo police-reported crashes between 2021 and 2025, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.
The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2020.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11230
- Community board
- Brooklyn Community Board 14
- City Council district
- 45
- Police precinct
- 70
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Flatbush (West)-Ditmas Park-Parkville
- Elevation
- 33 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
Homes
About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1916 and 1948.
Trees
NYC Parks records 84 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the thornless honeylocust and the pin oak.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 14 signs on these blocks
- 5 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2019 and May 2021, and the sign on the street decides.
West side of East 17th Street
- No parking 5 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
North side of Wellington Court
- No parking 3 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
South side of Wellington Court
- No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
- No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
Landmarks and historic districts
The corner stands in the Fiske Terrace-Midwood Park Historic District.
Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 250 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Colonial Revival. They were mostly built between 1906 and 1913.
- Avenue H Station House Designated landmark480 feet
Places within a walk
How places are listedTwo public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 2 religious buildings
Houses of worship
- Brooklyn Seven Day Adv Church House of worship1,280 feet
Supermarkets
- CTown Supermarket0.4 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are two places to eat and two 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:
- East 17th Street & Waldorf Court 290 feet
- East 17th Street & Avenue H 290 feet
- East 16th Street & Avenue H 560 feet
- East 18th Street & Avenue H 560 feet
- East 17th Street & Glenwood Road 590 feet
- East 19th Street & Avenue H 830 feet
- East 15th Street & Avenue H 830 feet
- East 18th Street & Glenwood Road 860 feet
See every intersection along East 17th Street or Wellington Court.