East New York Avenue & Tapscott Street

East New York Avenue and Tapscott Street meet at a three-way junction in Ocean Hill, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 15 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Zion Triangle Plaza is 530 feet away. The nearest subway, Sutter Av-Rutland Rd, is about five minutes on foot, for the 3. Within a five-minute walk are 23 public places, 12 of them religious buildings, and ten places to eat. About 1,900 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
15 hurt
15 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Sutter Av-Rutland Rd
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · 3
Nearest bus stop
170 feet
East New York Av/Union St · B12, B14
Within a walk
23 places
12 religious buildings, 4 schools and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East New York Avenue & Tapscott Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Sutter Av-Rutland Rd, 0.3 miles from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  1. Sutter Av-Rutland Rd 3
    0.3 miles
    3

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. 3 …
New Lots
1 line
  1. 3 …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Ailanthus” (2017) by Nancy Baker at the Sutter Av-Rutland Rd station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is East New York Av/Union St, 170 feet away, for the B12 and B14.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. East New York Av/Union St B12, B14
    170 feet
    B12 B14

Next buses at this stop

  1. B12 …
  2. B14 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on East New York Avenue.

  • 3 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
    600 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 1.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 519 Howard Avenue Gas station
    950 feet
  2. 492 Thomas Boyland Street Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    0.5 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 15 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2026.

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
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 1,900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 51 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 42 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2017 and September 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

South side of East New York Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Tapscott Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Tapscott Street

  • No parking 7 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
    750 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 23 public places.

  • 12 religious buildings
  • 4 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 parks
  • 1 garden
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Inner Force Tots Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    700 feet
  2. Brooklyn Ascend Charter School
    1,060 feet
  3. Brownsville Ascend Charter School
    1,060 feet
Show all 6
  1. Aspirations Diploma Plus High School
    1,100 feet
  2. Brownsville Academy High School
    1,100 feet
  3. The Friends of Crown Heights Educational Centers< Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,240 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Zion Triangle
    630 feet
  2. Brownsville Green Garden
    740 feet
  3. Lincoln Terrace / Arthur S. Somers Park
    1,120 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Zion Triangle Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    530 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Parkway Theater Listed historic place
    1,250 feet

Supermarkets

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

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.3 miles
  2. Dollar Tree Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are ten places to eat and 11 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 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East New York Avenue or Tapscott Street.

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 Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.