Empire Boulevard & Lamont Court

Empire Boulevard and Lamont Court 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. Gan Academy is 1,150 feet away. The nearest subway, Sterling St, is about eight minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and six places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Sterling St
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
120 feet
Empire Blvd/Lamont Ct · B43
Within a walk
12 places
7 religious buildings, 3 schools and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Empire Boulevard & Lamont Court Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Sterling St, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Sterling St 2, 5
    0.4 miles
    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. Kingston Av 3
    0.4 miles
    3

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Empire Blvd/Lamont Ct, 120 feet away, for the B43.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Empire Blvd/Lamont Ct B43
    120 feet
    B43

Next buses at this stop

  1. B43 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Empire Boulevard.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Kingston Ave & Montgomery St 19 docks in all
    680 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 2.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 415 Empire Boulevard Gas station
    0.3 miles
  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
    2.7 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.

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

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
72 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1924 and 1930.

Since 2014 at least 6 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 39 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the northern red oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 13 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2016 and November 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

South side of Empire Boulevard

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

East side of Lamont Court

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

West side of Lamont Court

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 1 field
  • 1 police station

Schools and child care

  1. Beth Rivkah School
    1,070 feet
  2. Crown Multi-Educ Serv-Head Start School
    1,070 feet
  3. Gan Academy School
    1,150 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Hamilton Metz Field
    1,290 feet

Fire and police

  1. 71st Precinct Police station
    1,160 feet

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    790 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are six 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 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Empire Boulevard or Lamont Court.

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