East 49th Street & Winthrop Street

East 49th Street and Winthrop Street meet at a three-way junction in Prospect Lefferts Gardens-Wingate, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 22 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Rutland Nursing Home is 1,100 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Utica Av/Winthrop St, is 330 feet away for the B46 and B46 SBS, and five bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, six of them religious buildings, and nine places to eat.

Safety record
12 hurt
22 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Prospect Expressway
2.5 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
330 feet
Utica Av/Winthrop St · B46, B46 SBS
Within a walk
13 places
6 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East 49th Street & Winthrop Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Utica Av/Winthrop St, 330 feet away, for the B46 and B46 SBS.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Utica Av/Winthrop St B46, B46 SBS · Shelter
    330 feet
    B46 B46 SBS
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B46 …
  2. B46 SBS …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 1 bicycle rack within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Winthrop St & Schenectady Ave 21 docks in all
    500 feet

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 22 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 12 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11203
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 9
City Council district
40 and 41 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
71
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Prospect Lefferts Gardens-Wingate
Elevation
33 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1930 and 1945.

Trees

Twenty trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the 'Harvest Gold' Mongolian linden.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2014 and January 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of East 49th Street

  • Doctor plates only 3 signs DOCTOR LICENSE PLATES ONLY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY NOON-1:30PM

West side of East 49th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY NOON-1:30PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Winthrop Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY NOON-1:30PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 schools
  • 1 hospital
  • 1 nursing home or hospice
  • 1 post office

Schools and child care

  1. All My Children Daycare and Nursery School Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    790 feet
  2. The Middle School of Media, Law and Fine Arts School
    1,110 feet
  3. Uncommon Kings Charter School NYC School
    1,110 feet
Show all 4
  1. Ms. Taylor's House Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,140 feet

Health care

  1. Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Village Hospital
    1,100 feet
  2. Rutland Nursing Home Nursing home or hospice
    1,100 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Rugby Post Office
    1,310 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    1,190 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, four of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 49th Street or Winthrop 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, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.