Essex Street & Ridgewood Avenue

Essex Street and Ridgewood Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Cypress Hills, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Lower Highland Playground is 800 feet away. The nearest subway, Cleveland St, is about seven minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 14 public places, three of them day care or pre-K sites, and one place to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Cleveland St
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · J
Nearest bus stop
770 feet
Jamaica Av/Shepherd Av · Q56
Within a walk
14 places
3 day care or pre-K sites, 3 religious buildings and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Essex Street & Ridgewood Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Cleveland St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Cleveland St J
    0.3 miles
    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
    0.4 miles
    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 Jamaica Av/Shepherd Av, 770 feet away, for the Q56.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Jamaica Av/Shepherd Av Q56
    770 feet
    Q56

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q56 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 7 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Jamaica Ave & Elton St 18 docks in all
    960 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Vermont Place & J Robinson Parkway, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 596 Jamaica Avenue Gas station
    1,300 feet
  2. 570 Jamaica Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    1,180 feet
  3. 1-01 Forest Park Drive 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. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2023.

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
48 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 1910 and 1920.

Trees

NYC Parks records 68 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the littleleaf linden.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

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

East side of Essex Street

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

West side of Essex Street

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

North side of Ridgewood Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

South side of Ridgewood Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 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
    670 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fourteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 gardens
  • 2 parks
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. New Age Family Day Care Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    690 feet
  2. Saint Peter’s Evangelical Lutheran Church, in the Borough of Brooklyn, City of New York Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    750 feet
  3. P.S. 108 Sal Abbracciamento School
    910 feet
Show all 4
  1. Simfran Academy Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,220 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Highland Park
    610 feet
  2. Lower Highland Playground
    800 feet
  3. Essex Street Community Garden
    970 feet
Show all 5
  1. Sam Leggio Triangle
    1,180 feet
  2. Highland Park Community Garden
    1,270 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Substation #401 (BMT) Listed historic place
    1,050 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. North Brooklyn YMCA Recreation center
    930 feet

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there is one place to eat and eight food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Essex Street or Ridgewood Avenue.

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