East 23rd Street & Clarendon Road

East 23rd Street and Clarendon Road meet at a four-way crossing in Flatbush, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Pentecostal Church of God Bibleway is 450 feet away. The nearest subway, Beverly Rd, is about nine minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, ten of them religious buildings, and 21 places to eat. About 1,900 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1910 and 1931, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
7 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Beverly Rd
0.5 miles · 9 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
370 feet
Bedford Av/Clarendon Rd · B49
Within a walk
13 places
10 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East 23rd Street & Clarendon Road Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Beverly Rd, 0.5 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Beverly Rd 2, 5
    0.5 miles
    2 5

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 5 …
Flatbush
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 5 …

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Bedford Av/Clarendon Rd, 370 feet away, for the B49.

  • 12 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bedford Av/Clarendon Rd B49
    370 feet
    B49

Next buses at this stop

  1. B49 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Clarendon Road.

  • 27 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Bedford Ave & Beverley Rd 24 docks in all
    980 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 1.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1092 Rogers Avenue Gas station
    1,250 feet
  2. 1170 Ocean Avenue Charging for electric cars, eight Level 2 chargers
    0.8 miles
  3. 2699 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

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 and 45 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
70
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Flatbush
Elevation
26 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1910 and 1931.

Since 2014 at least 44 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 50 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the littleleaf linden.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 28 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2015 and June 2018, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Clarendon Road

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of Clarendon Road

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY THURSDAY SATURDAY 3AM-6AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of East 23rd Street

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of East 23rd Street

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

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 46 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Renaissance Revival, and built between 1909 and 1912.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 10 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. Cortelyou Early Childhood Center School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    770 feet
  2. Brooklyn's Brightest Starz Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    990 feet
  3. Global Health Care Training Centre,i Trade or language school
    1,020 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Jehovahs Witnesses Cortelyou Rd House of worship
    440 feet
  2. Pentecostal Church of God Bibleway House of worship
    450 feet
  3. Fernande Valme Ministries House of worship
    710 feet

Supermarkets

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 21 places to eat and 27 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Clarendon Road or East 23rd Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, 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.