East 27th Street & Amersfort Place

East 27th Street and Amersfort Place meet at a three-way junction in Flatbush, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Hillel Place Plaza is 1,040 feet away. The nearest subway, Flatbush Av-Brooklyn College, is about five minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are 14 public places, five of them religious buildings, and 21 places to eat. About 1,500 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1927 and 1940, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
1 hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Flatbush Av-Brooklyn College
1,240 feet · 5 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
210 feet
Glenwood Rd/Amersfort Pl · B6, B11
Within a walk
14 places
5 religious buildings, 4 day care or pre-K sites and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East 27th Street & Amersfort Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Flatbush Av-Brooklyn College, 1,240 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Flatbush Av-Brooklyn College 2, 5
    1,240 feet
    2 5

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 5 …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Flatbush Floogies” (1996) by Muriel Castanis at the Flatbush Av-Brooklyn College station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Glenwood Rd/Amersfort Pl, 210 feet away, for the B6 and B11.

  • 15 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Glenwood Rd/Amersfort Pl B6, B11
    210 feet
    B6 B11

Next buses at this stop

  1. B6 …
  2. B11 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 29 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 2.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1261 Flatbush Avenue Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 1170 Ocean Avenue Charging for electric cars, eight Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 2699 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.4 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
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in July 2022.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11210
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 14
City Council district
45
Police precinct
70
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Flatbush
Elevation
22 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,500 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 1927 and 1940.

Since 2014 at least 22 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 52 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2016 and April 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

West side of Amersfort Place

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of East 27th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fourteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 schools
  • 1 college
  • 1 pedestrian plaza

Schools and child care

  1. Charles R. Drew Early Learning Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    480 feet
  2. Midwood High School
    780 feet
  3. Gan-Jewish Day Care Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    780 feet
Show all 8
  1. Midwood Montessori Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    910 feet
  2. Brooklyn College Child Care Services Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    990 feet
  3. CUNY Brooklyn College
    1,180 feet
  4. P.S. K315 School
    1,290 feet
  5. School of Science & Technology School
    1,290 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Hillel Place Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,040 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Kenilworth Baptist Church House of worship
    880 feet

Bank branches

  1. Santander Bank Bank branch
    1,290 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    850 feet
  2. ALDI Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Key Food Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.3 miles
  2. Dollar Tree Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 21 places to eat and nine 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 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Amersfort Place or East 27th Street.

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