East 45th Street & Rutland Road

East 45th Street and Rutland Road meet at a three-way junction in Prospect Lefferts Gardens-Wingate, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Village is 1,010 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Albany Av/Rutland Rd, is 1,020 feet away for the B12, and four bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, three of them religious buildings, and one place to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Prospect Expressway
2.4 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
1,020 feet
Albany Av/Rutland Rd · B12
Within a walk
9 places
3 religious buildings, 2 nursing homes or hospices and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Albany Av/Rutland Rd, 1,020 feet away, for the B12.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Albany Av/Rutland Rd B12
    1,020 feet
    B12

Next buses at this stop

  1. B12 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Rutland Rd & E 45 St 23 docks in all
    20 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 2.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 441 Remsen Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 581 Clarkson Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    2.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11203
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 9
City Council district
41
Police precinct
71
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Prospect Lefferts Gardens-Wingate
Elevation
29 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1945 and 1965.

Since 2014 at least 45 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 36 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the cornelian cherry.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2018 and June 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of East 45th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY NOON-1:30PM

West side of East 45th Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY NOON-1:30PM

South side of Rutland Road

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY NOON-1:30PM

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 nursing homes or hospices
  • 2 schools
  • 1 hospital
  • 1 older adult center

Schools and child care

  1. Achievement First Crown Heights Charter School
    1,160 feet
  2. New Heights Middle School
    1,160 feet

Health care

  1. Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Village Hospital
    1,010 feet
  2. Rutland Nursing Home Nursing home or hospice
    1,010 feet
  3. Dr Susan Smith McKinney Nursing and Rehabilitation Center Nursing home or hospice
    1,310 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 720 East New York Avenue Older adult center
    1,170 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there is one place to eat and three food stores.

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 nearest corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

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

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