East 23rd Street & Stephens Court

East 23rd Street and Stephens Court meet at a three-way junction in Flatbush, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. New Generation Elementary School is 850 feet away. The nearest subway, Newkirk Av-Little Haiti, is about nine minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and 14 places to eat. About 2,500 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1931 and 1935, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Newkirk Av-Little Haiti
0.4 miles · 9 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
470 feet
Foster Av/E 22 St · B8, B49
Within a walk
12 places
8 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East 23rd Street & Stephens Court Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Newkirk Av-Little Haiti, 0.4 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Newkirk Av-Little Haiti 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 Foster Av/E 22 St, 470 feet away, for the B8 and B49.

  • 14 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Foster Av/E 22 St B8, B49
    470 feet
    B8 B49

Next buses at this stop

  1. B8 …
  2. B49 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 26 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 1.9 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported four crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2023.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11226
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 14
City Council district
45
Police precinct
70
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Flatbush
Elevation
26 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. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1931 and 1935.

Since 2014 at least 61 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 55 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 13 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2017 and November 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of East 23rd Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Stephens Court

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of Stephens Court

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 8 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 nursing home or hospice
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. The Reggio Emilia Montessori Center Pre-K
    840 feet
  2. New Generation Elementary School
    850 feet
  3. New Generation Learning Center School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    860 feet

Health care

  1. Ditmas Park Care Center Nursing home or hospice
    1,180 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Pilgrim Wesleyan Church House of worship
    1,080 feet
  2. Our Lady of Refuge Church House of worship
    1,090 feet
  3. Nativity Church House of worship
    1,280 feet

Supermarkets

  1. The Meat Place Supermarket
    0.5 miles
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.5 miles
  3. Key Food Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 14 places to eat and 14 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 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 23rd Street or Stephens Court.

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