East 18th Street & Albemarle Road

East 18th Street and Albemarle Road meet at a four-way crossing in Flatbush, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 13 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Q Gardens Community Farm is 940 feet away. The nearest subway, Church Av, is about four minutes on foot, for the B and Q. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, five of them religious buildings, and ten places to eat. About 4,100 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1927 and 1939, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
13 hurt
13 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Church Av
990 feet · 4 min on foot · B, Q
Nearest bus stop
900 feet
Church Av/E 18 St · B35
Within a walk
10 places
5 religious buildings, 2 listed historic places and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East 18th Street & Albemarle Road Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Church Av, 990 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Church Av B, Q
    990 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
    0.3 miles
    Q
  2. Cortelyou Rd Q
    0.5 miles
    Q

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Church Av/E 18 St, 900 feet away, for the B35.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Church Av/E 18 St B35 · Countdown sign
    900 feet
    B35
    Countdown sign

Next buses at this stop

  1. B35 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Albemarle Rd & E 21 St 21 docks in all
    930 feet

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. 2193 Bedford Avenue Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 123 Linden Boulevard Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    0.8 miles
  3. 2699 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    2.4 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.

  • 13 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 8 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

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
44 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 4,100 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 1927 and 1939.

Trees

NYC Parks records 70 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 32 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2015 and September 2019, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Albemarle Road

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of Albemarle Road

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

East side of East 18th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of East 18th Street

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

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 44 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Colonial Revival, and mostly built between 1900 and 1910.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 1 garden
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 245 School
    1,080 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Q Gardens Community Farm Garden
    940 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Knickerbocker Field Club Listed historic place
    500 feet
  2. Church of the Holy Innocents Listed historic place
    1,050 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Salem Missionary Baptist Church House of worship
    970 feet
  2. Unity East Church Center House of worship
    1,140 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 261 East 21st Street Older adult center
    1,270 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.4 miles
  2. Dollar Tree Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are ten places to eat and 19 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 Albemarle Road or East 18th 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.