East New York Avenue & Rockaway Avenue

East New York Avenue and Rockaway Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Brownsville, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 32 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. It is 920 feet to the 73rd Precinct, and Howard Community Center is 1,210 feet away. The nearest subway, Rockaway Av, is about nine minutes on foot, for the C. Within a five-minute walk are 31 public places, 19 of them religious buildings, and 18 places to eat.

Safety record
20 hurt
32 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Rockaway Av
0.4 miles · 9 min on foot · C
Nearest bus stop
70 feet
Rockaway Av/Prospect Pl · B12, B60
Within a walk
31 places
19 religious buildings, 3 playgrounds and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Rockaway Av, 0.4 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  1. Rockaway Av C
    0.4 miles
    C

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. C …
Outbound
1 line
  1. C …

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Rockaway Av/Prospect Pl, 70 feet away, for the B12 and B60.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Rockaway Av/Prospect Pl B12, B60
    70 feet
    B12 B60

Next buses at this stop

  1. B12 …
  2. B60 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on East New York Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Eastern Pkwy & St Marks Ave 23 docks in all
    500 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2111 Monaco Place Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 492 Thomas Boyland Street Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    0.3 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 32 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 20 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 4 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, April 2018

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11212
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 16
City Council district
41
Police precinct
73
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Brownsville
Elevation
50 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 1,600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1954 and 1985.

Since 2014 at least 246 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 26 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the swamp white oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

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

South side of East New York Avenue

  • Back-in parking only 3 signs BACK IN ANGLE PARKING ONLY
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM

East side of Rockaway Avenue

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Rockaway Avenue

  • Metered parking 6 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 10AM-2PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 338972.

Monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, at New York City Police Department 73rd Precinct.

  1. Face to Face Sculpture by Peter Chinni, 1984
    800 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 31 public places.

  • 19 religious buildings
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 older adult centers
  • 1 ambulance station
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Brooklyn Kindergarten Society Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    630 feet
  2. Brooklyn Sky Child Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    680 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Howard Pool Park
    620 feet
  2. Ocean Hill Playground
    830 feet
  3. Howard Playground
    1,140 feet
Show all 4
  1. Chester Playground
    1,280 feet

Health care

  1. EMS Station 44 Ambulance station
    800 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Brownsville Library
    1,150 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Our Lady Presentation & Loreto Church House of worship
    470 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at Brown Older adult center
    810 feet
  2. Older adult center at 1440 East New York Avenue Older adult center
    1,120 feet
  3. Howard Community Center
    1,210 feet

Fire and police

  1. 73rd Precinct Police station
    920 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    890 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    670 feet
  2. Family Dollar Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 18 places to eat and 16 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 New York Avenue or Rockaway 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, NYCHA, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.