Empire Boulevard & Lefferts Avenue

Empire Boulevard and Lefferts Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Crown Heights (South), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Uncommon Ocean Hill CMS is 1,120 feet away. The nearest subway, Crown Hts-Utica Av, is about nine minutes on foot, for the 3 and 4. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, six of them religious buildings, and 16 places to eat. About 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1926 and 1939, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
8 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Crown Hts-Utica Av
0.4 miles · 9 min on foot · 3, 4
Nearest bus stop
70 feet
Empire Blvd/Utica Av · B12
Within a walk
13 places
6 religious buildings, 4 day care or pre-K sites and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Empire Boulevard & Lefferts Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Crown Hts-Utica Av, 0.4 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Crown Hts-Utica Av 3, 4
    0.4 miles
    3 4

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
2 lines
  1. 3 …
  2. 4 …
Outbound
2 lines
  1. 3 …
  2. 4 …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Good Morning and Good Night” (2004) by Hugo Consuegra at the Crown Hts-Utica Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Empire Blvd/Utica Av, 70 feet away, for the B12.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Empire Blvd/Utica Av B12 · Shelter
    70 feet
    B12
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B12 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Empire Boulevard.

  • 11 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Utica Ave & E New York Ave 16 docks in all
    420 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 2.2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 441 Remsen Avenue Gas station
    830 feet
  2. 375 Lefferts Avenue Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    0.9 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    2.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 8 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 4 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11213
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 9
City Council district
41
Police precinct
71
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Crown Heights (South)
Elevation
46 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 1926 and 1939.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 42 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the 'Columbia' London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2019 and September 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

South side of Empire Boulevard

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY NOON-1:30PM
  • No stopping 2 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

North side of Lefferts Avenue

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 schools
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. All My Children Day Care and Nursery Preschool
    730 feet
  2. Y & y Home & Health Care MGMT Trade or language school
    760 feet
  3. All My Children Day Care & Nursery School Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,020 feet
Show all 7
  1. Uncommon Schools School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,020 feet
  2. P.S. 221 Toussaint L'Ouverture School
    1,120 feet
  3. Uncommon Ocean Hill CMS School
    1,120 feet
  4. The Friends of Crown Heights Educational Centers Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,180 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Gospel Crusade Church of the Pentecost House of worship
    720 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    1,050 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Bravo Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    880 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 16 places to eat and 12 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 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Empire Boulevard or Lefferts Avenue.

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.