East 23rd Street & Cortelyou Road

East 23rd Street and Cortelyou Road meet at a four-way crossing in Flatbush, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Jehovahs Witnesses Cortelyou Rd is 80 feet away. The nearest subway, Beverly Rd, is about eight minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are 21 public places, 17 of them religious buildings, and 16 places to eat. About 2,500 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
2 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Beverly Rd
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
350 feet
Bedford Av/Beverley Rd · B49
Within a walk
21 places
17 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Beverly Rd, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Beverly Rd 2, 5
    0.4 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/Beverley Rd, 350 feet away, for the B49.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B49 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 26 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 1.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1092 Rogers Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 123 Linden Boulevard Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles
  3. 2699 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2024.

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
27 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 2,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 52 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 62 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2015 and February 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Cortelyou Road

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of Cortelyou Road

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

East side of East 23rd Street

  • No parking 5 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 is one Individual Landmark, and three buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Renaissance Revival. They were built between 1909 and 1932.

  1. Sears Roebuck & Company Department Store Designated landmark
    420 feet

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 21 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Brooklyn's Brightest Starz Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    510 feet
  2. Global Health Care Training Centre,i Trade or language school
    780 feet
  3. Cortelyou Early Childhood Center School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,250 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Kings Theatre Theater or concert hall · listed historic place
    1,000 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Jehovahs Witnesses Cortelyou Rd House of worship
    80 feet
  2. Pentecostal Church of God Bibleway House of worship
    120 feet
  3. Fernande Valme Ministries House of worship
    780 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.5 miles
  3. CTown Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 16 places to eat and 19 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 15 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Cortelyou Road or East 23rd 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.