Empire Boulevard & Clove Road

Empire Boulevard and Clove Road meet at a three-way junction in Prospect Lefferts Gardens-Wingate, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Marc And Jason's Playground is 130 feet away. The nearest subway, Sterling St, is about three minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, six of them religious buildings, and 23 places to eat. About 2,700 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
1 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Sterling St
690 feet · 3 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
250 feet
Empire Blvd/New York Av · B43
Within a walk
13 places
6 religious buildings, 2 playgrounds and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Empire Boulevard & Clove Road Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Sterling St, 690 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Sterling St 2, 5
    690 feet
    2 5

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 5 …
Flatbush
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 5 …

Also within a walk

  1. President St-Medgar Evers College 2, 5
    0.3 miles
    2 5
  2. Nostrand Av 3
    0.4 miles
    3

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Empire Blvd/New York Av, 250 feet away, for the B43.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Empire Blvd/New York Av B43
    250 feet
    B43

Next buses at this stop

  1. B43 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Empire Boulevard.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Empire Blvd & New York Ave 23 docks in all
    480 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 2.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 415 Empire Boulevard Gas station
    310 feet
  2. 375 Lefferts Avenue Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11225
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 9
City Council district
35 and 40 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
71
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Prospect Lefferts Gardens-Wingate
Elevation
70 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to three travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 2,700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 25 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 66 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 18 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2016 and June 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Clove Road

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Clove Road

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Empire Boulevard

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 330972.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 23 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as neo-Renaissance, and mostly built between 1908 and 1910.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 2 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 police station
  • 1 post office

Schools and child care

  1. M.S. 061 Dr. Gladstone H. Atwell School
    190 feet
  2. Crown Multi-Educ SVCS Leffert School
    780 feet
  3. All My Children Day Care & Nursery School Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,110 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Marc And Jason's Playground
    130 feet
  2. Dodger Playground
    1,080 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Beth David David Gershon Shul House of worship
    330 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. James E Davis Post Office
    650 feet

Fire and police

  1. 71st Precinct Police station
    600 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    510 feet

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 23 places to eat and 15 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Clove Road or Empire Boulevard.

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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.