East 45th Street & Cortelyou Road

East 45th Street and Cortelyou Road meet at a three-way junction in East Flatbush-Rugby, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. The nearest bus stop, Avenue D/E 45 St, is 1,280 feet away for the B8, and two bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. About 500 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1925 and 1940, almost all in houses of one or two. NYC Parks records 42 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the silver maple.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Prospect Expressway
2.7 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
1,280 feet
Avenue D/E 45 St · B8
Within a walk
About 500 homes
within 820 feet of this corner

Map

Layers
East 45th Street & Cortelyou Road Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Avenue D/E 45 St, 1,280 feet away, for the B8.

  • 2 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Avenue D/E 45 St B8
    1,280 feet
    B8

Next buses at this stop

  1. B8 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Cortelyou Rd & Albany Ave 21 docks in all
    1,120 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 2.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1141 Utica Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 581 Clarkson Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    1.2 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    2.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported one crash at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in August 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-Rugby
Elevation
32 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 500 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 1940.

Trees

NYC Parks records 42 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the silver maple.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 8 signs on these blocks
  • 3 different rules

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

South side of Cortelyou Road

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

East side of East 45th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of East 45th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

Within a walk

How places are listed

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
  • A listed public place within a five-minute walk

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Cortelyou Road or East 45th Street.

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, NYS Agriculture and Markets, NYC Health and NYC Parks, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.