East 37th Street & Avenue R
East 37th Street and Avenue R meet at a four-way crossing in Marine Park-Mill Basin-Bergen Beach, Brooklyn. The corner is also named Firefighter Robert J. Crawford Corner by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Holy Trinity Lutheran Church of Flatbush is 1,180 feet away. The nearest bus stop, E 36 St/Avenue R, is 300 feet away for the B2, and five bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk is one public place.
Map
Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is E 36 St/Avenue R, 300 feet away, for the B2.
- 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
- E 36 St/Avenue R B2300 feetB2
Next buses at this stop
- B2 …
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Flatbush Avenue & Belt Parkway, 1.8 miles by car along the streets.
- 2255 Flatbush Avenue Gas station0.5 miles
- 2143 Flatbush Avenue Charging for electric cars, two fast chargers0.4 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported five crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.
- 4 people injured
- 0 people killed
- 1 of those hurt, on foot
The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11234
- Community board
- Brooklyn Community Board 18
- City Council district
- 46
- Police precinct
- 63
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Marine Park-Mill Basin-Bergen Beach
- Elevation
- 15 feet above sea level
This corner is also named Firefighter Robert J. Crawford Corner, a co-naming enacted on May 5, 2004 (Local Law 8 of 2004).
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- One of the streets is one-way
Homes
About 800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1925 and 1935.
Trees
NYC Parks records 53 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.
The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Firefighter Robert J. Crawford Corner.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 1 sign on these blocks
- 1 rule
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in April 2017, and the sign on the street decides.
North side of Avenue R
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
Places within a walk
How places are listedOne public place is within a five-minute walk.
- 1 religious building
Houses of worship
- Holy Trinity Lutheran Church of Flatbush House of worship1,180 feet
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there is one food store.
Not on record for this corner:
- A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
- A bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet
- A signal or safety change
- A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet
Nearby corners
The eight corners within a three-minute walk:
- East 38th Street & Avenue R 260 feet
- Avenue R & East 36th Street 270 feet
- Avenue R & Ryder Street 520 feet
- East 35th Street & Avenue R 540 feet
- East 37th Street & Quentin Road 780 feet
- Avenue R & Kimball Street 780 feet
- East 37th Street & Fillmore Avenue 780 feet
- East 34th Street & Avenue R 800 feet
See every intersection along Avenue R or East 37th Street.