Eldert Lane & Etna Street

Eldert Lane and Etna Street meet at a four-way crossing in Cypress Hills, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Universal Church is 80 feet away. The nearest subway, 75 St-Elderts Ln, is about five minutes on foot, for the J and Z. Within a five-minute walk are four public places, three of them religious buildings, and four places to eat. About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1901 and 1920, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
2 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
75 St-Elderts Ln
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · J, Z
Nearest bus stop
130 feet
Eldert Ln/88 Rd · Q7
Within a walk
4 places
3 religious buildings and 1 park, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Eldert Lane & Etna Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 75 St-Elderts Ln, 0.3 miles from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. 75 St-Elderts Ln J, Z
    0.3 miles
    J Z

Next trains at this station

Jamaica
2 lines
  1. J …
  2. Z …
Manhattan
2 lines
  1. J …
  2. Z …

Also within a walk

  1. Cypress Hills J
    0.4 miles
    J

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Five Points of Observation” (1990) by Kathleen McCarthy at the 75 St-Elderts Ln station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Eldert Ln/88 Rd, 130 feet away, for the Q7.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Eldert Ln/88 Rd Q7
    130 feet
    Q7

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q7 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 11 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Cypress Hills Street & Jackie Robinson Parkway, 1.2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 74-08 Jamaica Avenue Gas station
    1,180 feet
  2. 570 Jamaica Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.8 miles
  3. 1-01 Forest Park Drive Fast charging for electric cars
    1.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2024.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11208
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 5
City Council district
32 and 37 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
75 and 102 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Cypress Hills
Elevation
38 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Three of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1901 and 1920.

Trees

NYC Parks records 49 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2017 and September 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Eldert Lane

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

West side of Eldert Lane

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

North side of Etna Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

South side of Etna Street

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

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Four public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 1 park

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Legion Triangle
    730 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Universal Church House of worship
    80 feet
  2. East New York Baptist Church House of worship
    1,090 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Western Beef Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are four places to eat and seven 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 14 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Eldert Lane or Etna Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.