Elton Street & Arlington Avenue

Elton Street and Arlington Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Cypress Hills, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Public School 108 stands 230 feet away, built in 1895. The nearest subway, Cleveland St, is about two minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and 15 places to eat.

Safety record
14 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Cleveland St
630 feet · 2 min on foot · J
Nearest bus stop
980 feet
Ridgewood Av/Cleveland St · T430, T434
Within a walk
15 places
8 religious buildings, 2 playgrounds and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Elton Street & Arlington Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Cleveland St, 630 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Cleveland St J
    630 feet
    J

Next trains at this station

Outbound
1 line
  1. J …
Manhattan
1 line
  1. J …

Also within a walk

  1. Norwood Av J, Z
    0.3 miles
    J Z
  2. Van Siclen Av J, Z
    0.5 miles
    J Z

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Las Flores” (2007) by Amy Cheng at the Cleveland St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Ridgewood Av/Cleveland St, 980 feet away, for the T430 and T434.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Ridgewood Av/Cleveland St T430, T434
    980 feet
    T430 T434

Next buses at this stop

  1. T430 …
  2. T434 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 20 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Cleveland St & Fulton St 16 docks in all
    630 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 596 Jamaica Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 570 Jamaica Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 1-01 Forest Park Drive Fast charging for electric cars
    2.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11208
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 5
City Council district
37
Police precinct
75
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Cypress Hills
Elevation
39 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1905 and 1920.

Since 2014 at least 18 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 62 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 27 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2017 and November 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Arlington Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 7:30AM-8AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

South side of Arlington Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

East side of Elton Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

West side of Elton Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Romanesque Revival, and built in 1895.

  1. Public School 108 Designated landmark
    230 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 8 religious buildings
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 garden
  • 1 library
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 108 Sal Abbracciamento School
    330 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Essex Street Community Garden
    760 feet
  2. Sperandeo Brothers Playground
    1,070 feet
  3. Lower Highland Playground
    1,130 feet
Show all 4
  1. Highland Park
    1,150 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Arlington Library
    750 feet
  2. Substation #401 (BMT) Listed historic place
    870 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Reformation Lutheran Church Listed historic place
    1,260 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 15 places to eat and 12 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Arlington Avenue or Elton Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.