East New York Avenue & St Johns Place

East New York Avenue and St Johns Place meet at a five-way junction in Brownsville, Brooklyn, at the edge of NYCHA's Garvey (Group A) development. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Brooklyn corner. Fred McLeod Community Garden is 120 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Pitkin Av/Strauss St, is 440 feet away for the B12 and B14, and eight bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 19 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 14 places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Jackie Robinson Parkway
1.2 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
440 feet
Pitkin Av/Strauss St · B12, B14
Within a walk
19 places
7 religious buildings, 2 parks and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East New York Avenue & St Johns Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Pitkin Av/Strauss St, 440 feet away, for the B12 and B14.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Pitkin Av/Strauss St B12, B14
    440 feet
    B12 B14

Next buses at this stop

  1. B12 …
  2. B14 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on East New York Avenue and St Johns Place.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Pitkin Ave & Grafton St 21 docks in all
    930 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 1.2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 519 Howard Avenue Gas station
    910 feet
  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
    2.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2024.

What the city has done here

  • Barnes Dance all-way crossing, undated in the City's record

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
52 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

The corner stands at the edge of NYCHA's Garvey (Group A) development.

Since 2014 at least 208 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 57 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2016 and September 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

South side of East New York Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 8AM-MIDNIGHT EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 7 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM

North side of St Johns Place

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

East side of Strauss Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

West side of Strauss Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

Monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Zion Park.

  1. Zion Park War Memorial Exedra by Charles Cary Rumsey, 1925
    670 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nineteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 2 parks
  • 2 schools
  • 1 community center
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 6 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Brooklyn Ascend Charter School
    550 feet
  2. Brownsville Ascend Charter School
    550 feet
  3. Webble Wobble Achievers Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    930 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Fred McLeod Community Garden
    120 feet
  2. Zion Triangle
    620 feet
  3. Prospect Plaza Park
    790 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Zion Triangle Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    950 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Parkway Theater Listed historic place
    630 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Marcus Garvey Community Center
    500 feet
  2. Older adult center at 1440 East New York Avenue Older adult center
    720 feet

Fire and police

  1. 73rd Precinct Police station
    1,020 feet
  2. Rescue 2 Fire station
    1,060 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    910 feet
  2. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 14 places to eat and 21 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 nearest of the 14 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East New York Avenue, St Johns Place or Strauss Street.

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, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.