East 28th Street & Cortelyou Road

East 28th Street and Cortelyou Road meet at a four-way crossing in East Flatbush-Erasmus, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 13 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Pentecostal Church of God Bibleway is 1,240 feet away. The nearest subway, Beverly Rd, is about three minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places, 11 of them religious buildings, and 12 places to eat. About 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1920 and 1936, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
16 hurt
13 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Beverly Rd
700 feet · 3 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
620 feet
Rogers Av/Beverley Rd · B49
Within a walk
15 places
11 religious buildings, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East 28th Street & Cortelyou Road Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Beverly Rd, 700 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Beverly Rd 2, 5
    700 feet
    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. Newkirk Av-Little Haiti 2, 5
    0.4 miles
    2 5

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Rogers Av/Beverley Rd, 620 feet away, for the B49.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Rogers Av/Beverley Rd B49
    620 feet
    B49

Next buses at this stop

  1. B49 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 17 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Beverley Rd & Nostrand Ave 25 docks in all
    800 feet

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. 1092 Rogers Avenue Gas station
    900 feet
  2. 123 Linden Boulevard Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    0.8 miles
  3. 2699 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 13 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11226
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 17
City Council district
40
Police precinct
67
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East Flatbush-Erasmus
Elevation
29 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1920 and 1936.

Since 2014 at least 44 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 71 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2014 and September 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Cortelyou Road

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

South side of Cortelyou Road

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of East 28th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

West side of East 28th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SATURDAY 8AM-8PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 11 religious buildings
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 garden

Schools and child care

  1. Big Dreams Child Care Center II Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    690 feet
  2. Garden of Knowledge Day Care & Learning Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    990 feet
  3. Brooklyn's Brightest Starz Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Rogers/Tilden/Veronica Place Garden
    1,310 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Pentecostal Church of God Bibleway House of worship
    1,240 feet
  2. Jehovahs Witnesses Cortelyou Rd House of worship
    1,290 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    1,150 feet
  2. The Meat Place Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Key Food Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 12 places to eat and 13 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 15 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Cortelyou Road or East 28th 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, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.