East 34th Street & Lenox Road

East 34th Street and Lenox Road meet at a three-way junction in East Flatbush-Erasmus, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. University Hospital of Brooklyn is 490 feet away. The nearest subway, Winthrop St, is about seven minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites, and six places to eat. About 1,700 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
2 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Winthrop St
0.4 miles · 7 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
350 feet
New York Av/Lenox Rd · B44
Within a walk
7 places
2 day care or pre-K sites, 1 college and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East 34th Street & Lenox Road Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Winthrop St, 0.4 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Winthrop St 2, 5
    0.4 miles
    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. Church Av 2, 5
    0.4 miles
    2 5

Bus

The nearest bus stop is New York Av/Lenox Rd, 350 feet away, for the B44.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. New York Av/Lenox Rd B44
    350 feet
    B44

Next buses at this stop

  1. B44 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 12 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. New York Ave & Lenox Rd 24 docks in all
    360 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 1.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 720 New York Avenue Gas station
    1,030 feet
  2. 395 Lenox Road Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    220 feet
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    2.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2024.

What the city has done here

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

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11203
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 17
City Council district
40
Police precinct
67
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East Flatbush-Erasmus
Elevation
56 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 200 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 28 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 14 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2018 and August 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of East 34th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

West side of East 34th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

South side of Lenox Road

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 college
  • 1 hospital
  • 1 playground
  • 1 religious building
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. The Children's Center at SUNY Brooklyn Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    440 feet
  2. SUNY Downstate Health Sciences Univ. College
    490 feet
  3. Elite Early Childhood Learning Center Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    630 feet
Show all 4
  1. Kareful and Karefree Training School Trade or language school
    650 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Rolph Henry Playground
    780 feet

Health care

  1. University Hospital of Brooklyn Hospital
    490 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Lenox Rd Baptist Church House of worship
    1,270 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles
  2. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, six of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 34th Street or Lenox Road.

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, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.