Essex Street & Arlington Avenue

Essex Street and Arlington Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Cypress Hills, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Brooklyn corner. Public School 108 stands 380 feet away, built in 1895. The nearest subway, Cleveland St, is about four 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. About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1905 and 1920, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
3 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Cleveland St
1,060 feet · 4 min on foot · J
Nearest bus stop
970 feet
Atlantic Av/Essex St · Q24
Within a walk
15 places
8 religious buildings, 3 schools and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Essex Street & Arlington Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Cleveland St, 1,060 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Cleveland St J
    1,060 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
    1,150 feet
    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 Atlantic Av/Essex St, 970 feet away, for the Q24.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Atlantic Av/Essex St Q24
    970 feet
    Q24

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q24 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Shepherd Ave & Fulton St 12 docks in all
    400 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 596 Jamaica Avenue Gas station
    0.4 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
    2.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2025.

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
43 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,300 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 15 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 57 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2017 and April 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Arlington Avenue

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

South side of Arlington Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

East side of Essex Street

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

West side of Essex 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
    380 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 8 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 garden
  • 1 library
  • 1 listed historic place

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 108 Sal Abbracciamento School
    420 feet
  2. Saint Peter’s Evangelical Lutheran Church, in the Borough of Brooklyn, City of New York Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,010 feet
  3. Followers of Jesus School
    1,080 feet
Show all 4
  1. East Brooklyn Ascend Charter School
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Essex Street Community Garden
    270 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Substation #401 (BMT) Listed historic place
    340 feet
  2. Arlington Library
    1,280 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    930 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 15 places to eat and 19 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Arlington Avenue or Essex 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.