East 34th Street & Newkirk Avenue

East 34th Street and Newkirk Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in East Flatbush-Farragut, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Nostrand Playground is 1,100 feet away. The nearest subway, Newkirk Av-Little Haiti, is about four minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, four of them religious buildings, and six places to eat. About 2,800 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1940 and 1950, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
2 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Newkirk Av-Little Haiti
1,040 feet · 4 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
530 feet
Avenue D/New York Av · B8
Within a walk
8 places
4 religious buildings, 2 schools and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East 34th Street & Newkirk Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Newkirk Av-Little Haiti, 1,040 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Newkirk Av-Little Haiti 2, 5
    1,040 feet
    2 5

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 5 …
Flatbush
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 5 …

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Avenue D/New York Av, 530 feet away, for the B8.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Avenue D/New York Av B8
    530 feet
    B8

Next buses at this stop

  1. B8 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Cortelyou Rd & E 34 St 19 docks in all
    0.3 miles

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 2.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 4210 Farragut Road Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 395 Lenox Road Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    1.1 miles
  3. 2699 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2024.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11203
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 2,800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1940 and 1950.

Since 2014 at least 40 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 58 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the Japanese zelkova and the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2017 and September 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of East 34th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

West side of East 34th Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

North side of Newkirk Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

South side of Newkirk Avenue

  • No parking 5 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

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 playground
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. Success Academy East Flatbush Charter Middle School
    780 feet
  2. Flatbush Haitian Center Trade or language school
    1,280 feet
  3. Central Brooklyn Ascend Charter Middle School
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Nostrand Playground
    1,100 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Jeromes Church House of worship
    1,200 feet
  2. St Pauls Methodist Church House of worship
    1,230 feet
  3. Clarendon Road Church House of worship
    1,310 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    1,100 feet

Supermarkets

  1. The Meat Place Supermarket
    1,230 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet, a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 34th 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.