East New York Avenue & Sterling Place

East New York Avenue and Sterling Place meet at a four-way crossing in Ocean Hill, Brooklyn, at the edge of NYCHA's Garvey (Group A) development. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Marcus Garvey Community Center is 290 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Thomas S Boyland St/Eastern Pkwy, is 600 feet away for the B7, and eight bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 25 public places, 12 of them religious buildings, and 13 places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
10 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Jackie Robinson Parkway
1.1 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
600 feet
Thomas S Boyland St/Eastern Pkwy · B7
Within a walk
25 places
12 religious buildings, 2 older adult centers and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East New York Avenue & Sterling Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Thomas S Boyland St/Eastern Pkwy, 600 feet away, for the B7.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Thomas S Boyland St/Eastern Pkwy B7
    600 feet
    B7

Next buses at this stop

  1. B7 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Park Pl & Thomas S. Boyland St 23 docks in all
    530 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 519 Howard Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 492 Thomas Boyland Street Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    1,110 feet
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, October 2019
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, June 2025

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)
Ocean Hill
Elevation
49 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • Two of the streets are 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 282 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 28 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the Callery pear and the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 38 signs on these blocks
  • 11 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2018 and November 2022, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Amboy Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

West side of Amboy Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

North side of East New York Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 4PM-7PM

South side of East New York Avenue

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 6 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM

North side of Sterling Place

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Sterling Place

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

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
    340 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 25 public places.

  • 12 religious buildings
  • 2 older adult centers
  • 2 parks
  • 2 schools
  • 1 community center
  • 6 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Webble Wobble Achievers Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    1,060 feet
  2. Brooklyn Ascend Charter School
    1,100 feet
  3. Brownsville Ascend Charter School
    1,100 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Fred McLeod Community Garden
    610 feet
  2. Prospect Plaza Park
    920 feet
  3. Zion Triangle
    1,170 feet
Show all 4
  1. Chester Playground
    1,260 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Parkway Theater Listed historic place
    1,170 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Bethany Gospel Chapel House of worship
    1,250 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 1440 East New York Avenue Older adult center
    170 feet
  2. Marcus Garvey Community Center
    290 feet
  3. Older adult center at Brown Older adult center
    1,120 feet

Fire and police

  1. 73rd Precinct Police station
    470 feet
  2. Rescue 2 Fire station
    1,190 feet

Supermarkets

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

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 13 places to eat and 16 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 Amboy Street, East New York Avenue or Sterling Place.

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.