East New York Avenue & Kingston Avenue

East New York Avenue and Kingston Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Prospect Lefferts Gardens-Wingate, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Hamilton Metz Field is 310 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Albany Av/East New York Av, is 960 feet away for the B12, and five bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 16 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and six places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Prospect Expressway
2.2 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
960 feet
Albany Av/East New York Av · B12
Within a walk
16 places
7 religious buildings, 6 schools and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East New York Avenue & Kingston Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Albany Av/East New York Av, 960 feet away, for the B12.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Albany Av/East New York Av B12
    960 feet
    B12

Next buses at this stop

  1. B12 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on East New York Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Kingston Ave & E New York Ave 21 docks in all
    70 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 2.2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 415 Empire Boulevard Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 375 Lefferts Avenue Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    2.7 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.

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, August 2016
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, February 2021

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11225
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 9
City Council district
40
Police precinct
71
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Prospect Lefferts Gardens-Wingate
Elevation
43 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 1926 and 1940.

Since 2014 at least 15 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 51 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 36 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2016 and October 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East New York Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SATURDAY

South side of East New York Avenue

  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

East side of Kingston Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

West side of Kingston Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 336323.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Sixteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 6 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 field
  • 1 older adult center

Schools and child care

  1. Bnos Chomesh Academy School
    640 feet
  2. Chabad Girls Academy High School
    930 feet
  3. League School
    980 feet
Show all 7
  1. P.S. 091 the Albany Avenue School
    1,020 feet
  2. Beth Rivkah School
    1,060 feet
  3. Crown Multi-Educ Serv-Head Start School
    1,060 feet
  4. Bnosmenachem School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,250 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Hamilton Metz Field
    310 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Horeb 7 Day Adventist Church House of worship
    350 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 483 Albany Avenue Older adult center
    1,230 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    380 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are six places to eat and nine food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East New York Avenue or Kingston Avenue.

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