East 96th Street & Winthrop Street

East 96th Street and Winthrop Street meet at a four-way crossing in East Flatbush-Remsen Village, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. New Dimension SDA Church is 660 feet away. The nearest subway, Sutter Av-Rutland Rd, is about five minutes on foot, for the 3. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 18 places to eat. About 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1927 and 1930, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
6 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Sutter Av-Rutland Rd
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · 3
Nearest bus stop
390 feet
Rockaway Pkwy/Winthrop St · B47
Within a walk
15 places
7 religious buildings, 5 schools and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East 96th Street & Winthrop Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Sutter Av-Rutland Rd, 0.3 miles from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  1. Sutter Av-Rutland Rd 3
    0.3 miles
    3

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Saratoga Av 3
    0.5 miles
    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 Rockaway Pkwy/Winthrop St, 390 feet away, for the B47.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Rockaway Pkwy/Winthrop St B47
    390 feet
    B47

Next buses at this stop

  1. B47 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Rockaway Pkwy & Winthrop St 18 docks in all
    340 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1143 Clarkson Avenue Gas station
    1,060 feet
  2. 1235 Linden Boulevard Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.9 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 nine crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, March 2019

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
32 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,100 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 1930.

Since 2014 at least 7 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 39 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the red maple.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2017 and November 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of East 96th Street

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

West side of East 96th Street

  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

North side of Winthrop Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of Winthrop Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 5 schools
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites

Schools and child care

  1. Traditional Day Care Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    130 feet
  2. Brooklyn Ascend Charter Es School
    790 feet
  3. Brooklyn Ascend Charter School
    790 feet
Show all 8
  1. Brooklyn Ascend Charter School 6 School
    790 feet
  2. Brooklyn Ascend Charter Middle School
    980 feet
  3. Future Lights Children's Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,140 feet
  4. Creative Minds Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,150 feet
  5. East Brooklyn Community High School
    1,170 feet

Houses of worship

  1. New Dimension SDA Church House of worship
    660 feet

Bank branches

  1. Santander Bank Bank branch
    840 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    710 feet
  2. Food Universe Supermarket
    1,050 feet
  3. Green Village Supermarket Supermarket
    1,230 feet

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    1,040 feet
  2. Family Dollar Store
    1,230 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 18 places to eat and 27 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 96th Street or Winthrop Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, 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.