East 2nd Street & Albemarle Road

East 2nd Street and Albemarle Road meet at a four-way crossing in Kensington, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Albemarle Playground is 600 feet away. The nearest subway, Church Av, is about a minute on foot, for the F and G. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, three of them schools, and 27 places to eat. About 1,600 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1925 and 1941, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
5 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Church Av
290 feet · 1 min on foot · F, G
Nearest bus stop
440 feet
McDonald Av/Albemarle Rd · B67, B69
Within a walk
8 places
3 schools, 1 day care or pre-K site and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East 2nd Street & Albemarle Road Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Church Av, 290 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Church Av F, G
    290 feet
    F G

Next trains at this station

Northbound
2 lines
  1. F …
  2. G …
Southbound
2 lines
  1. F …
  2. G …

Also within a walk

  1. Fort Hamilton Pkwy F, G
    0.4 miles
    F G

Bus

The nearest bus stop is McDonald Av/Albemarle Rd, 440 feet away, for the B67 and B69.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. McDonald Av/Albemarle Rd B67, B69
    440 feet
    B67 B69

Next buses at this stop

  1. B67 …
  2. B69 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 39 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Albemarle Rd & McDonald Ave 20 docks in all
    300 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at 11th Avenue & 18th Street, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 20 Caton Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 581 Ocean Parkway Charging for electric cars, 13 Level 2 chargers
    1.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 5 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 5 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11218
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 12
City Council district
39
Police precinct
66
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Kensington
Elevation
57 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1925 and 1941.

Trees

NYC Parks records 42 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 22 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

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

North side of Albemarle Road

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of Albemarle Road

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

East side of East 2nd Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of East 2nd Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 334871 and 335664.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 pedestrian plaza
  • 1 playground
  • 1 post office
  • 1 religious building

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 230 Doris L. Cohen School
    640 feet
  2. Mesivta Meor Hatorah 2 School
    1,020 feet
  3. Brooklyn Prospect Charter School - CSD 15.2 School
    1,290 feet
Show all 4
  1. Windsor Terrace Little Learners Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Albemarle Playground
    600 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Kensington Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    960 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Kensington Post Office Listed historic place
    530 feet

Bank branches

  1. Santander Bank Bank branch
    1,020 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    480 feet
  2. Met Fresh Supermarket
    960 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    1,100 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 27 places to eat and 28 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 corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Albemarle Road or East 2nd 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 Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.