East 53rd Street & Clarkson Avenue

East 53rd Street and Clarkson Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in East Flatbush-Rugby, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 14 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. P.S. 268 Emma Lazarus is 190 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Remsen Av/E 56 St, is 980 feet away for the B17, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, six of them religious buildings, and eight places to eat.

Safety record
13 hurt
14 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Jackie Robinson Parkway
2.5 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
980 feet
Remsen Av/E 56 St · B17
Within a walk
12 places
6 religious buildings, 3 schools and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East 53rd Street & Clarkson Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Remsen Av/E 56 St, 980 feet away, for the B17.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Remsen Av/E 56 St B17
    980 feet
    B17

Next buses at this stop

  1. B17 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 52 St & Winthrop St 12 docks in all
    860 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 2.5 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
    0.7 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 14 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 13 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

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 17
City Council district
41
Police precinct
67
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East Flatbush-Rugby
Elevation
36 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1928 and 1935.

Since 2014 at least 39 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 66 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the dawn redwood.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2017 and May 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Clarkson Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

South side of Clarkson Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

East side of East 53rd Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

West side of East 53rd Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 post office

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 268 Emma Lazarus School
    190 feet
  2. The Middle School of Media, Law and Fine Arts School
    930 feet
  3. Uncommon Kings Charter School NYC School
    930 feet
Show all 5
  1. Einstein Daycare Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    950 feet
  2. United Lubavitcher Yeshivoth Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,050 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Rugby Post Office
    1,070 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    1,110 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Bravo Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are eight places to eat and five 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 Clarkson Avenue or East 53rd 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.