East 52nd Street & Lenox Road

East 52nd Street and Lenox Road meet at a four-way crossing in East Flatbush-Rugby, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 15 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. P.S. 268 Emma Lazarus is 930 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Utica Av/Lenox Rd, is 630 feet away for the B46, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, five of them religious buildings, and 11 places to eat.

Safety record
11 hurt
15 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Jackie Robinson Parkway
2.7 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
630 feet
Utica Av/Lenox Rd · B46
Within a walk
10 places
5 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East 52nd Street & Lenox Road Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Utica Av/Lenox Rd, 630 feet away, for the B46.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Utica Av/Lenox Rd B46 · Shelter
    630 feet
    B46
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B46 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 2 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 51 St & Linden Blvd 21 docks in all
    790 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 2.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 5802 Church Avenue Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 581 Clarkson Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    1.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 15 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 11 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

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
33 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1927 and 1931.

Since 2014 at least 11 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 57 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the black cherry.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 23 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2020 and March 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of East 52nd Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of East 52nd Street

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

North side of Lenox Road

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of Lenox Road

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 post office
  • 1 school
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. Einstein Daycare Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    750 feet
  2. P.S. 268 Emma Lazarus School
    930 feet
  3. Edso Dental Assistant Training Cente Trade or language school
    1,150 feet
Show all 4
  1. Faces of the Future Early Learning Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,200 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Rugby Post Office
    630 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    820 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 11 places to eat and seven 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 of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 52nd Street or Lenox 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, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.