East 98th Street & Rutland Road

East 98th Street and Rutland Road meet at a three-way junction in Brownsville, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 17 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Brooklyn Ascend Charter Middle School is 570 feet away. The nearest subway, Sutter Av-Rutland Rd, is about a minute on foot, for the 3. Within a five-minute walk are 19 public places, nine of them religious buildings, and 21 places to eat. About 1,700 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1926 and 1930, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
14 hurt
17 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Sutter Av-Rutland Rd
30 feet · 1 min on foot · 3
Nearest bus stop
60 feet
E 98 St/Sutter Av · B47
Within a walk
19 places
9 religious buildings, 4 schools and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Sutter Av-Rutland Rd, 30 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  1. Sutter Av-Rutland Rd 3
    30 feet
    3

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. 3 …
New Lots
1 line
  1. 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 E 98 St/Sutter Av, 60 feet away, for the B47.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. E 98 St/Sutter Av B47
    60 feet
    B47

Next buses at this stop

  1. B47 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 33 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Rockaway Pkwy & Rutland Rd 20 docks in all
    330 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 1.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 24 Dumont Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 492 Thomas Boyland Street Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    1.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 17 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, October 2021

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
42 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

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 1926 and 1930.

Trees

NYC Parks records 24 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 26 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2021 and May 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

West side of East 98th Street

  • Metered parking 5 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING SUNDAY 8AM-5PM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

North side of Rutland Road

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

South side of Rutland Road

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 335791 and 337476.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nineteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 9 religious buildings
  • 4 schools
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 parks
  • 1 garden

Schools and child care

  1. The Friends of Crown Heights Educational Centers< Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    410 feet
  2. Brooklyn Ascend Charter Middle School
    570 feet
  3. Aspirations Diploma Plus High School
    590 feet
Show all 7
  1. Brownsville Academy High School
    590 feet
  2. Creative Minds Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    990 feet
  3. Inner Force Tots Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,040 feet
  4. P.S. 189 the Bilingual Center School
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Lincoln Terrace / Arthur S. Somers Park
    720 feet
  2. Howard Malls Park
    1,010 feet
  3. Howard Garden
    1,280 feet

Bank branches

  1. Santander Bank Bank branch
    1,010 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    680 feet
  2. Food Universe Supermarket
    880 feet
  3. Green Village Supermarket Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    280 feet
  2. Dollar Tree Store
    1,210 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 21 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 of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 98th Street or Rutland Road.

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 Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.