East 19th Street & Church Avenue

East 19th Street and Church Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Flatbush, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 25 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Flatbush Dutch Reformed Church House, one of two Individual Landmarks within 820 feet, stands 800 feet away. The nearest subway, Church Av, is about a minute on foot, for the B and Q. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, three of them listed historic places, and 32 places to eat.

Safety record
19 hurt
25 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Church Av
370 feet · 1 min on foot · B, Q
Nearest bus stop
250 feet
Church Av/Ocean Av · B35
Within a walk
10 places
3 listed historic places, 3 religious buildings and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East 19th Street & Church Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Church Av, 370 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Church Av B, Q
    370 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. Parkside Av Q
    0.4 miles
    Q

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Church Av/Ocean Av, 250 feet away, for the B35.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Church Av/Ocean Av B35
    250 feet
    B35

Next buses at this stop

  1. B35 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 18 St & Church Ave 31 docks in all
    330 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
    0.4 miles
  2. 123 Linden Boulevard Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 2699 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    2.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 25 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 19 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 6 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, March 2018

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
52 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,900 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 1941.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 45 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 45 signs on these blocks
  • 22 different rules
  • 7 active meters
  • 7 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2020 and October 2025; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 9am to 7pm on St Pauls Place (both sides).

North side of Church Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 3PM-7PM SATURDAY 8AM-7PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-3PM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCKS LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-3PM

South side of Church Avenue

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

East side of East 19th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING TUESDAY THURSDAY SATURDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 309849, 311508, 332774, 336787, 336788, 336789 and 339030.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are two Individual Landmarks, and ten buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission. They were mostly built between 1908 and 1918.

  1. Flatbush Dutch Reformed Church Parsonage Designated landmark
    750 feet
  2. Flatbush Dutch Reformed Church House Designated landmark
    800 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Gifted & Talented Early Developers Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    760 feet
  2. Aim High Children's Services Preschool
    1,100 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Q Gardens Community Farm Garden
    310 feet
  2. Parade Ground Park
    1,240 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Knickerbocker Field Club Listed historic place
    960 feet
  2. Flatbush Dutch Reformed Church Complex Listed historic place
    960 feet
  3. Albemarle-Kenmore Terraces Historic District Listed historic place
    1,310 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Temple Beth Emeth Vohr Progressive Shaari Zedek House of worship
    1,100 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    430 feet
  2. Wells Fargo Bank branch
    870 feet
  3. Chase Bank branch
    1,090 feet

Supermarkets

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

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    720 feet
  2. Dollar Tree Store
    1,240 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 32 places to eat and 25 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Church Avenue, East 19th Street or St Pauls Place.

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.