East 53rd Street & Lenox Road

East 53rd Street and Lenox Road meet at a four-way crossing in East Flatbush-Rugby, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 21 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Rugby Post Office is 900 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Utica Av/Lenox Rd, is 900 feet away for the B46, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, three of them religious buildings, and 11 places to eat.

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

Map

Layers
East 53rd Street & Lenox Road Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Utica Av/Lenox Rd, 900 feet away, for the B46.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B46 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 54 St & Linden Blvd 12 docks in all
    800 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 2.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 5802 Church 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
    1.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 21 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 17 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 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
34 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 19 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 63 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

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

East side of East 53rd Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of East 53rd Street

  • No parking 7 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 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Einstein Daycare Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    480 feet
  2. P.S. 268 Emma Lazarus School
    660 feet
  3. Faces of the Future Early Learning Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    930 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Rugby Post Office
    900 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    1,090 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    1,290 feet
  2. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

See every intersection along East 53rd 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.