East 28th Street & Newkirk Avenue

East 28th Street and Newkirk Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in East Flatbush-Erasmus, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Brooklyn corner. St Jeromes Church is 410 feet away. The nearest subway, Newkirk Av-Little Haiti, is about two minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are 20 public places, nine of them religious buildings, and 20 places to eat. About 2,000 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1915 and 1950, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
3 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Newkirk Av-Little Haiti
480 feet · 2 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
450 feet
Avenue D/Rogers Av · B8
Within a walk
20 places
9 religious buildings, 5 schools and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East 28th Street & Newkirk Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Newkirk Av-Little Haiti, 480 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Avenue D/Rogers Av, 450 feet away, for the B8.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Avenue D/Rogers Av B8
    450 feet
    B8

Next buses at this stop

  1. B8 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 29 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Beverley Rd & Nostrand Ave 25 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, 2.2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1261 Flatbush Avenue Gas station
    0.4 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
    1.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot

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
45
Police precinct
67
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East Flatbush-Erasmus
Elevation
24 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 2,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1915 and 1950.

Since 2014 at least 28 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 64 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the littleleaf linden.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2020 and May 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of East 28th Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

West side of East 28th 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 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twenty public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 9 religious buildings
  • 5 schools
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 playground
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. Friends of Crown Heights Educational Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    50 feet
  2. The Friends of Crown Heights Educational Centers Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    50 feet
  3. Central Brooklyn Ascend Charter Middle School
    580 feet
Show all 10
  1. Central Brooklyn Ascend Charter School
    680 feet
  2. Flatbush Haitian Center Trade or language school
    730 feet
  3. Success Academy East Flatbush Charter Middle School
    950 feet
  4. Flatbush Ascend CS MS School
    1,010 feet
  5. New Generation Elementary School
    1,080 feet
  6. New Generation Learning Center School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,210 feet
  7. The Reggio Emilia Montessori Center Pre-K
    1,240 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Nostrand Playground
    1,090 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Jeromes Church House of worship
    410 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    610 feet

Supermarkets

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 20 places to eat and 15 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 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

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