East 21st Street & Cortelyou Road

East 21st Street and Cortelyou Road meet at a four-way crossing in Flatbush, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Brooklyn corner. Fernande Valme Ministries is 320 feet away. The nearest subway, Cortelyou Rd, is about seven minutes on foot, for the Q. Within a five-minute walk are 18 public places, 12 of them religious buildings, and 18 places to eat. About 2,700 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1918 and 1936, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
10 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Cortelyou Rd
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · Q
Nearest bus stop
310 feet
Flatbush Av/Cortelyou Rd · B41
Within a walk
18 places
12 religious buildings, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East 21st Street & Cortelyou Road Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Cortelyou Rd, 0.3 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  1. Cortelyou Rd Q
    0.3 miles
    Q

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Beverley Rd Q
    0.4 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 Flatbush Av/Cortelyou Rd, 310 feet away, for the B41.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Flatbush Av/Cortelyou Rd B41
    310 feet
    B41

Next buses at this stop

  1. B41 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 34 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Beverley Rd & Flatbush Ave 30 docks in all
    630 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. 1261 Flatbush Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 1170 Ocean Avenue Charging for electric cars, eight Level 2 chargers
    0.8 miles
  3. 2699 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 10 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 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
28 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,700 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 1918 and 1936.

Since 2014 at least 101 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 36 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

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

North side of Cortelyou Road

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING W/ MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY 3AM-6AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Cortelyou Road

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY THURSDAY SATURDAY 3AM-6AM

East side of East 21st Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of East 21st Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 300450 and 331751.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eighteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 12 religious buildings
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 school
  • 1 theater or concert hall
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. Global Health Care Training Centre,i Trade or language school
    280 feet
  2. St. Mark's Umc Head Start Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    560 feet
  3. B'Above Worldwide Institute Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    580 feet
Show all 5
  1. Starting Point Serv - St. Marks School
    600 feet
  2. Cortelyou Early Childhood Center School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,090 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Kings Theatre Theater or concert hall · listed historic place
    930 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Fernande Valme Ministries House of worship
    320 feet
  2. St Marks Church United Methodist House of worship
    560 feet
  3. Unity East Church Center House of worship
    1,000 feet
Show all 6
  1. Jehovahs Witnesses Cortelyou Rd House of worship
    1,010 feet
  2. Pentecostal Church of God Bibleway House of worship
    1,050 feet
  3. Salem Missionary Baptist Church House of worship
    1,250 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    1,200 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 18 places to eat and 21 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Cortelyou Road or East 21st 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, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.