East 21st Street & Newkirk Avenue

East 21st Street and Newkirk Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Flatbush, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Ditmas Park Care Center is 840 feet away. The nearest subway, Newkirk Plaza, is about seven minutes on foot, for the B and Q. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, four of them religious buildings, and seven places to eat. About 2,700 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1931 and 1935, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
3 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Newkirk Plaza
0.4 miles · 7 min on foot · B, Q
Nearest bus stop
320 feet
Ocean Av/Newkirk Av · T464
Within a walk
8 places
4 religious buildings, 1 day care or pre-K site and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East 21st Street & Newkirk Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Newkirk Plaza, 0.4 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Newkirk Plaza B, Q
    0.4 miles
    B Q

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
2 lines
  1. B …
  2. Q …
Southbound
2 lines
  1. B …
  2. Q …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Transit Skylight” (1988) by David Wilson at the Newkirk Plaza station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Ocean Av/Newkirk Av, 320 feet away, for the T464.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Ocean Av/Newkirk Av T464
    320 feet
    T464

Next buses at this stop

  1. T464 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 4 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 1.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1261 Flatbush Avenue Gas station
    1,130 feet
  2. 1170 Ocean Avenue Charging for electric cars, eight Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 2699 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2023.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11226
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 14
City Council district
40 and 45 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
70
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Flatbush
Elevation
28 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are 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 1931 and 1935.

Since 2014 at least 6 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 56 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the swamp white oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 25 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2015 and June 2017, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of East 21st Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of East 21st Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

North side of Newkirk Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING FIRE ZONE

South side of Newkirk Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 72 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Colonial Revival, and mostly built between 1904 and 1909.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 nursing home or hospice
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. New Generation Elementary School
    1,240 feet
  2. New Generation Learning Center School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,260 feet

Health care

  1. Ditmas Park Care Center Nursing home or hospice
    840 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Pilgrim Wesleyan Church House of worship
    440 feet
  2. Our Lady of Refuge Church House of worship
    780 feet
  3. Nativity Church House of worship
    970 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 961 Ocean Avenue Older adult center
    830 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are seven places to eat and ten food stores.

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

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along East 21st Street or Newkirk Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, 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.