Elton Street & Locke Street
Elton Street and Locke Street meet at a three-way junction in Spring Creek-Starrett City, Brooklyn. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Academy for Young Writers is 240 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Flatlands Av/Elton St, is 420 feet away for the B84, and seven bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are four public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites, and two places to eat.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Flatlands Av/Elton St, 420 feet away, for the B84.
- 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Flatlands Av/Elton St B84420 feetB84
Next buses at this stop
- B84 …
Cycling
- 16 bicycle racks within 820 feet
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Erskine Street, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.
- 1121 Pennsylvania Avenue Gas station0.8 miles
- 1065 Elton Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers240 feet
- 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars2 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedNo police-reported crashes between 2021 and 2025, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.
The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2018.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11239
- Community board
- Brooklyn Community Board 5
- City Council district
- 42
- Police precinct
- 75
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Spring Creek-Starrett City
- Elevation
- 18 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
Homes
About 1,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 2011 and 2016.
Since 2014 at least 463 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.
Trees
NYC Parks records 75 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 6 signs on these blocks
- 2 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in July 2022, and the sign on the street decides.
East side of Elton Street
- No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
West side of Elton Street
- No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
Schools and places within a walk
How places are listedFour public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 2 day care or pre-K sites
- 2 schools
Schools and child care
- Urban Strategies Early Learn Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K220 feet
- Academy for Young Writers School240 feet
- Spring Creek Community School240 feet
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- Little Hearts and Stars Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2720 feet
Other stores
- Family Dollar Store580 feet
Shopping centers
- Gateway Center Shopping center0.3 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are two places to eat and six food stores.
Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.
Nearby corners
The eight nearest corners on foot, six of them within a three-minute walk:
- Elton Street & Egan Street 250 feet
- Flatlands Avenue & Elton Street 310 feet
- Elton Street & Vandalia Avenue 520 feet
- Linwood Street & Egan Street 520 feet
- Flatlands Avenue & Linwood Street 580 feet
- Essex Street & Egan Street 780 feet
- Elton Street & Schroeders Avenue 830 feet
- Flatlands Avenue & Essex Street 840 feet
See every intersection along Elton Street.