East 96th Street & Lenox Road

East 96th Street and Lenox Road meet at a four-way crossing in East Flatbush-Remsen Village, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 16 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Uncommon Kings CMS is 550 feet away. The nearest subway, Saratoga Av, is about seven minutes on foot, for the 3. Within a five-minute walk are 14 public places, six of them religious buildings, and seven places to eat. About 2,200 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1927 and 1931, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
12 hurt
16 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Saratoga Av
0.4 miles · 7 min on foot · 3
Nearest bus stop
160 feet
Lenox Rd/Rockaway Pkwy · B7
Within a walk
14 places
6 religious buildings, 4 schools and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East 96th Street & Lenox Road Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Saratoga Av, 0.4 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  1. Saratoga Av 3
    0.4 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 “Chandelier” (2017) by Nancy Baker at the Saratoga Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Lenox Rd/Rockaway Pkwy, 160 feet away, for the B7.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Lenox Rd/Rockaway Pkwy B7
    160 feet
    B7

Next buses at this stop

  1. B7 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Kings Hwy & E 94 St 18 docks in all
    470 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 2.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1143 Clarkson Avenue Gas station
    1,300 feet
  2. 1235 Linden Boulevard Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    1.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 16 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11212
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 17
City Council district
41
Police precinct
67
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East Flatbush-Remsen Village
Elevation
30 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,200 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.

Trees

NYC Parks records 49 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 26 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2020 and December 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of East 96th Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

West side of East 96th Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

North side of Lenox Road

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Lenox Road

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fourteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 4 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Step by Step Early Childhood Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    520 feet
  2. Uncommon Kings CMS School
    550 feet
  3. East Brooklyn Community High School
    560 feet
Show all 6
  1. Middle School for Art and Philosophy School
    590 feet
  2. Uncommon Kings Charter School NYC School
    590 feet
  3. Future Lights Children's Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,140 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Kennedy King Playground
    1,120 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Church of God of East Flatbush House of worship
    860 feet
  2. Calvary Nazarene Church House of worship
    1,260 feet

Fire and police

  1. Division 15/Engine 283 Fire station
    1,040 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Green Village Supermarket Supermarket
    1,300 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.3 miles
  2. Family Dollar Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are seven places to eat and ten food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 96th 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 Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.