East 51st Street & Rutland Road

East 51st Street and Rutland Road meet at a four-way crossing in East Flatbush-Rugby, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Triumphant Full Gospel Assembly Church is 150 feet away. The nearest subway, Sutter Av-Rutland Rd, is about ten minutes on foot, for the 3. Within a five-minute walk are 20 public places, 14 of them religious buildings, and 12 places to eat. About 1,500 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1930 and 1958, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
3 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Sutter Av-Rutland Rd
0.5 miles · 10 min on foot · 3
Nearest bus stop
360 feet
Utica Av/Rutland Rd · B46
Within a walk
20 places
14 religious buildings, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East 51st Street & Rutland Road Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Sutter Av-Rutland Rd, 0.5 miles from this corner, about ten minutes on foot.

  1. Sutter Av-Rutland Rd 3
    0.5 miles
    3

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. 3 …
New Lots
1 line
  1. 3 …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Ailanthus” (2017) by Nancy Baker at the Sutter Av-Rutland Rd station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Utica Av/Rutland Rd, 360 feet away, for the B46.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Utica Av/Rutland Rd B46
    360 feet
    B46

Next buses at this stop

  1. B46 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Utica Ave & E New York Ave 16 docks in all
    970 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 2.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 441 Remsen Avenue Gas station
    1,250 feet
  2. 581 Clarkson Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.8 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11203
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 17
City Council district
41
Police precinct
67
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East Flatbush-Rugby
Elevation
31 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,500 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 1958.

Since 2014 at least 21 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 51 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 31 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2017 and June 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of East 51st Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of East 51st Street

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

North side of Rutland Road

  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Rutland Road

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 333505.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twenty public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 14 religious buildings
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 schools
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. Ms. Taylor's House Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    270 feet
  2. All My Children Daycare and Nursery School Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    610 feet
  3. Y & y Home & Health Care MGMT Trade or language school
    860 feet
Show all 6
  1. The Middle School of Media, Law and Fine Arts School
    1,060 feet
  2. Uncommon Kings Charter School NYC School
    1,060 feet
  3. Medgar Evers Head Start Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,240 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Triumphant Full Gospel Assembly Church House of worship
    150 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Bravo Supermarket
    1,320 feet
  2. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 12 places to eat and six food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet, a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 51st 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, NYCHA, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.