East 31st Street & Cortelyou Road

East 31st Street and Cortelyou Road 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. Clarendon Road Church is 1,030 feet away. The nearest subway, Beverly Rd, is about two minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, ten of them religious buildings, and 13 places to eat. About 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1910 and 1931, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
6 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Beverly Rd
490 feet · 2 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
430 feet
Nostrand Av/Beverly Rd · B44, B96
Within a walk
12 places
10 religious buildings, 1 day care or pre-K site and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East 31st Street & Cortelyou Road Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Beverly Rd, 490 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Beverly Rd 2, 5
    490 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
    0.3 miles
    2 5
  2. Church Av 2, 5
    0.5 miles
    2 5

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Nostrand Av/Beverly Rd, 430 feet away, for the B44 and B96.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Nostrand Av/Beverly Rd B44, B96
    430 feet
    B44 B96

Next buses at this stop

  1. B44 …
  2. B96 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 17 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Beverley Rd & Nostrand Ave 25 docks in all
    520 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
    0.4 miles
  2. 395 Lenox Road Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.8 miles
  3. 2699 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 6 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 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
34 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 1910 and 1931.

Since 2014 at least 24 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 45 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2017 and November 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Cortelyou Road

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

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 31st Street

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

West side of East 31st Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 10 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 older adult center

Schools and child care

  1. Garden of Knowledge Day Care & Learning Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    750 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Clarendon Road Church House of worship
    1,030 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 3304 Clarendon Road Older adult center
    1,070 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 13 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 14 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Cortelyou Road or East 31st 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.