Essex Street & Vandalia Avenue
Essex Street and Vandalia Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Spring Creek-Starrett City, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Berriman Playground is 570 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Flatlands Av/Essex St, is 830 feet away for the B84, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are five public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites, and two places to eat.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Flatlands Av/Essex St, 830 feet away, for the B84.
- 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Flatlands Av/Essex St B84830 feetB84
Next buses at this stop
- B84 …
Cycling
- 10 bicycle racks within 820 feet
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Erskine Street, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.
- 1121 Pennsylvania Avenue Gas station1.1 miles
- 1065 Elton Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers0.4 miles
- 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars2.3 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported two 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 August 2025.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11208
- Community board
- Brooklyn Community Board 5
- City Council district
- 42
- Police precinct
- 75
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Spring Creek-Starrett City
- Elevation
- 14 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- One of the streets is one-way
Homes
About 900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 2009 and 2016.
Since 2014 at least 158 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.
Trees
NYC Parks records 82 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the 'Green leaf' Japanese flowering cherry and the thornless honeylocust.
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedFive public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 2 day care or pre-K sites
- 2 schools
- 1 playground
Schools and child care
- Little Hearts and Stars Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2730 feet
- Urban Strategies Early Learn Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K830 feet
- Academy for Young Writers School980 feet
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- Spring Creek Community School980 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Berriman Playground570 feet
Other stores
- Family Dollar Store0.3 miles
Shopping centers
- Gateway Center Shopping center760 feet
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are two places to eat and two food stores.
Not on record for this corner:
- A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
- A signal or safety change
- A parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here
- A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet
Nearby corners
The eight nearest corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:
- Essex Street & Egan Street 260 feet
- Essex Street & Schroeders Avenue 310 feet
- Berriman Street & Vandalia Avenue 520 feet
- Linwood Street & Egan Street 520 feet
- Elton Street & Vandalia Avenue 530 feet
- Elton Street & Egan Street 790 feet
- Berriman Street & Schroeders Avenue 820 feet
- Flatlands Avenue & Essex Street 830 feet
See every intersection along Essex Street or Vandalia Avenue.