East New York Avenue & East 91st Street

East New York Avenue and East 91st Street meet at a five-way junction in Crown Heights (South), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 14 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Lincoln Terrace / Arthur S. Somers Park is 840 feet away. The nearest subway, Crown Hts-Utica Av, is about nine minutes on foot, for the 3 and 4. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places, five of them religious buildings, and 15 places to eat. About 2,300 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
7 hurt
14 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Crown Hts-Utica Av
0.4 miles · 9 min on foot · 3, 4
Nearest bus stop
210 feet
Empire Blvd/Utica Av · B12
Within a walk
15 places
5 religious buildings, 4 day care or pre-K sites and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East New York Avenue & East 91st Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Crown Hts-Utica Av, 0.4 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Crown Hts-Utica Av 3, 4
    0.4 miles
    3 4

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
2 lines
  1. 3 …
  2. 4 …
Outbound
2 lines
  1. 3 …
  2. 4 …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Good Morning and Good Night” (2004) by Hugo Consuegra at the Crown Hts-Utica Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Empire Blvd/Utica Av, 210 feet away, for the B12.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Empire Blvd/Utica Av B12 · Shelter
    210 feet
    B12
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B12 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on East New York Avenue and Empire Boulevard.

  • 14 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 5 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Utica Ave & E New York Ave 16 docks in all
    360 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. 441 Remsen Avenue Gas station
    870 feet
  2. 170 Buffalo Avenue Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    0.9 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    2.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 14 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 7 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11212
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 9
City Council district
41
Police precinct
67 and 71 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Crown Heights (South)
Elevation
43 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 2,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 35 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 50 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 23 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2016 and June 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of East 91st Street

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

West side of East 91st Street

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

South side of East New York Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY NOON-1:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No stopping 1 sign NO STOPPING ANYTIME

South side of Empire Boulevard

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 schools
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. The Friends of Crown Heights Educational Centers Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    710 feet
  2. Y & y Home & Health Care MGMT Trade or language school
    720 feet
  3. Seneca Village Preschool Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    890 feet
Show all 8
  1. Kids-Centric, Inc Medgar Evers School
    910 feet
  2. All My Children Day Care & Nursery School Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,060 feet
  3. P.S. 398 Walter Weaver School
    1,150 feet
  4. P.S. 770 New American Academy School
    1,150 feet
  5. All My Children Day Care and Nursery Preschool
    1,200 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Lincoln Terrace / Arthur S. Somers Park
    840 feet
  2. Lincoln Terrace Park / Arthur S. Somers Playground
    1,270 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Gospel Crusade Church of the Pentecost House of worship
    470 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Bravo Supermarket
    970 feet
  2. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    1,300 feet
  3. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    840 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 15 places to eat and 13 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 15 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 91st Street, East New York Avenue or Empire Boulevard.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, 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.