East 37th Street & Avenue D

East 37th Street and Avenue D meet at a four-way crossing in East Flatbush-Farragut, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Brooklyn corner. Cristo Rey Brooklyn High School is 810 feet away. The nearest subway, Newkirk Av-Little Haiti, is about eight minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are three public places, two of them religious buildings, and four places to eat. About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1920 and 1931, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
13 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Newkirk Av-Little Haiti
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
Avenue D/E 37 St · B8
Within a walk
3 places
2 religious buildings and 1 school, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East 37th Street & Avenue D Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Newkirk Av-Little Haiti, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Newkirk Av-Little Haiti 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 …

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Avenue D/E 37 St, 110 feet away, for the B8.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Avenue D/E 37 St B8
    110 feet
    B8

Next buses at this stop

  1. B8 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Brooklyn Ave & Beverley Rd 21 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, 2.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 3602 Snyder Avenue Gas station
    0.6 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 seven crashes at this corner, the median for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 13 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2024.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, October 2025
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, October 2025

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
31 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1920 and 1931.

Since 2014 at least 14 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 57 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the littleleaf linden.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

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

North side of Avenue D

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

South side of Avenue D

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

East side of East 37th Street

  • No parking 13 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of East 37th Street

  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Three public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Cristo Rey Brooklyn High School
    810 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Pauls Methodist Church House of worship
    230 feet

Supermarkets

  1. The Meat Place Supermarket
    0.5 miles
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.5 miles
  3. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet 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 Avenue D or East 37th Street.

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.