East 98th Street & Lenox Road

East 98th Street and Lenox Road meet at a three-way junction in Brownsville, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Uncommon Kings CMS is 1,160 feet away, and Middle School for Art and Philosophy is 1,200 feet away. The nearest subway, Saratoga Av, is about five minutes on foot, for the 3. Within a five-minute walk are 16 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and eight places to eat.

Safety record
5 hurt
10 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Saratoga Av
1,250 feet · 5 min on foot · 3
Nearest bus stop
30 feet
E 98 St/Riverdale Av · B15
Within a walk
16 places
8 religious buildings, 6 schools and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East 98th Street & Lenox Road Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Saratoga Av, 1,250 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  1. Saratoga Av 3
    1,250 feet
    3

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Sutter Av-Rutland Rd 3
    0.4 miles
    3

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Chandelier” (2017) by Nancy Baker at the Saratoga Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is E 98 St/Riverdale Av, 30 feet away, for the B15.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. E 98 St/Riverdale Av B15
    30 feet
    B15

Next buses at this stop

  1. B15 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 6 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 2 of them on-street corrals
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Riverdale Ave & E 98 St 16 docks in all
    230 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. 24 Dumont Avenue Gas station
    1,310 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 ten crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11212
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 17
City Council district
41
Police precinct
67 and 73 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Brownsville
Elevation
28 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 1,900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up in 1930.

Since 2014 at least 129 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 44 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 15 signs on these blocks
  • 3 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2021 and September 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

West side of East 98th Street

  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

North side of Lenox Road

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

South side of Lenox Road

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Sixteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 8 religious buildings
  • 6 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 fire station

Schools and child care

  1. Step by Step Early Childhood Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    90 feet
  2. Uncommon Kings CMS School
    1,160 feet
  3. East Brooklyn Community High School
    1,170 feet
Show all 7
  1. Middle School for Art and Philosophy School
    1,200 feet
  2. Uncommon Kings Charter School NYC School
    1,200 feet
  3. Riverdale Avenue Community School
    1,210 feet
  4. Riverdale Avenue Middle School
    1,210 feet

Fire and police

  1. Division 15/Engine 283 Fire station
    430 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Green Village Supermarket Supermarket
    1,010 feet
  2. Fine Fare Supermarket
    1,250 feet
  3. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    1,130 feet
  2. Family Dollar Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are eight places to eat and 14 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 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 98th 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, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.