East 31st Street & Newkirk Avenue

East 31st Street and Newkirk Avenue meet at a three-way junction in East Flatbush-Farragut, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 13 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Success Academy East Flatbush Charter Middle School is 150 feet away. The nearest subway, Newkirk Av-Little Haiti, is about a minute on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are 17 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and 16 places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
13 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Newkirk Av-Little Haiti
230 feet · 1 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
310 feet
Nostrand Av/Newkirk Av · B8, B44 SBS, B96
Within a walk
17 places
8 religious buildings, 5 schools and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East 31st Street & Newkirk Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Newkirk Av-Little Haiti, 230 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Newkirk Av-Little Haiti 2, 5
    230 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 Nostrand Av/Newkirk Av, 310 feet away, for the B8, B44 SBS and B96.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Nostrand Av/Newkirk Av B8, B44 SBS, B96 · Shelter
    310 feet
    B8 B44 SBS B96
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B8 …
  2. B44 SBS …
  3. B96 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 26 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Beverley Rd & Nostrand Ave 25 docks in all
    0.4 miles

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 2.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1092 Rogers Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 1170 Ocean Avenue Charging for electric cars, eight Level 2 chargers
    1 mile
  3. 2699 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.7 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.

  • 3 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 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, April 2023
  • Barnes Dance all-way crossing, undated in the City's record

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-Farragut
Elevation
20 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1931 and 1950.

Since 2014 at least 17 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 26 trees within 330 feet.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 16 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2018 and April 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of East 31st Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-5PM

West side of East 31st Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

North side of Newkirk Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-5PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seventeen public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Success Academy East Flatbush Charter Middle School
    150 feet
  2. Flatbush Haitian Center Trade or language school
    470 feet
  3. Central Brooklyn Ascend Charter Middle School
    480 feet
Show all 8
  1. Flatbush Ascend CS MS School
    620 feet
  2. The Friends of Crown Heights Educational Centers Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    750 feet
  3. Friends of Crown Heights Educational Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    750 feet
  4. Central Brooklyn Ascend Charter School
    950 feet
  5. P.S. 361 East Flatbush Early Childhood School
    1,240 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Nostrand Playground
    830 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Jeromes Church House of worship
    400 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    290 feet

Supermarkets

  1. The Meat Place Supermarket
    430 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    530 feet
  3. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 16 places to eat and 15 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 31st Street or Newkirk Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, 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.