East 26th Street & Newkirk Avenue

East 26th Street and Newkirk Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in East Flatbush-Erasmus, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. New Generation Elementary School is 530 feet away. The nearest subway, Newkirk Av-Little Haiti, is about four minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are 20 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and 24 places to eat. About 2,200 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1910 and 1950, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
1 hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Newkirk Av-Little Haiti
1,030 feet · 4 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
670 feet
Rogers Av/Foster Av · B8, B49
Within a walk
20 places
8 religious buildings, 5 day care or pre-K sites and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Newkirk Av-Little Haiti, 1,030 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Newkirk Av-Little Haiti 2, 5
    1,030 feet
    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 Rogers Av/Foster Av, 670 feet away, for the B8 and B49.

  • 14 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Rogers Av/Foster Av B8, B49
    670 feet
    B8 B49

Next buses at this stop

  1. B8 …
  2. B49 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 25 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1261 Flatbush Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 1170 Ocean Avenue Charging for electric cars, eight Level 2 chargers
    0.8 miles
  3. 2699 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in July 2021.

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
28 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Two of the streets are 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 1950.

Since 2014 at least 80 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 80 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the littleleaf linden.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2020 and May 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of East 26th Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

West side of East 26th Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

North side of Newkirk Avenue

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

South side of Newkirk Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 30 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

Twenty public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 8 religious buildings
  • 5 day care or pre-K sites
  • 4 schools
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 recreation center
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. New Generation Elementary School
    530 feet
  2. Friends of Crown Heights Educational Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    590 feet
  3. The Friends of Crown Heights Educational Centers Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    600 feet
Show all 10
  1. New Generation Learning Center School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    660 feet
  2. The Reggio Emilia Montessori Center Pre-K
    690 feet
  3. Central Brooklyn Ascend Charter Middle School
    1,120 feet
  4. Central Brooklyn Ascend Charter School
    1,220 feet
  5. Brooklyn Kids Preparatory School
    1,230 feet
  6. Young Men's Christian Association of Greater New York Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,230 feet
  7. Flatbush Haitian Center Trade or language school
    1,280 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Jeromes Church House of worship
    950 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Flatbush YMCA Recreation center
    1,210 feet
  2. Older adult center at 1401 Flatbush Avenue Older adult center
    1,230 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    1,150 feet

Supermarkets

  1. The Meat Place Supermarket
    1,230 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 24 places to eat and 21 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 East 26th Street or Newkirk Avenue.

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, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.