East 26th Street & Avenue D

East 26th Street and Avenue D meet at a four-way crossing in East Flatbush-Erasmus, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Flatbush Ascend CS MS is 1,200 feet away. The nearest subway, Newkirk Av-Little Haiti, is about five minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 25 places to eat. About 2,200 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1910 and 1934, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
5 hurt
10 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Newkirk Av-Little Haiti
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
390 feet
Rogers Av/Avenue D · B44 SBS, B49
Within a walk
13 places
7 religious buildings, 4 day care or pre-K sites and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East 26th Street & Avenue D Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Newkirk Av-Little Haiti, 0.3 miles from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Newkirk Av-Little Haiti 2, 5
    0.3 miles
    2 5

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Beverly Rd 2, 5
    0.5 miles
    2 5

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Rogers Av/Avenue D, 390 feet away, for the B44 SBS and B49.

  • 14 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Rogers Av/Avenue D B44 SBS, B49
    390 feet
    B44 SBS B49

Next buses at this stop

  1. B44 SBS …
  2. B49 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 17 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Bedford Ave & Beverley Rd 24 docks in all
    0.4 miles

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
    990 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 ten crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 5 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11226
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 17
City Council district
45
Police precinct
67
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East Flatbush-Erasmus
Elevation
23 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,200 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 1934.

Since 2014 at least 27 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 60 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the London planetree and the littleleaf linden.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2020 and June 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Avenue D

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Avenue D

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

East side of East 26th Street

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

West side of East 26th Street

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 56 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.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 schools

Schools and child care

  1. New Generation Learning Center School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    750 feet
  2. New Generation Elementary School
    880 feet
  3. Friends of Crown Heights Educational Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    940 feet
Show all 6
  1. The Friends of Crown Heights Educational Centers Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    950 feet
  2. The Reggio Emilia Montessori Center Pre-K
    1,040 feet
  3. Flatbush Ascend CS MS School
    1,200 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Jeromes Church House of worship
    1,240 feet

Supermarkets

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 25 places to eat and 22 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Avenue D or East 26th 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.