Etna Street & Force Tube Avenue

Etna Street and Force Tube 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. Sam Leggio Triangle is 60 feet away. The nearest subway, Norwood Av, is about six minutes on foot, for the J and Z. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, three of them day care or pre-K sites. About 700 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1910 and 1920, almost all in houses of one or two.

Safety record
1 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Norwood Av
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · J, Z
Nearest bus stop
370 feet
Jamaica Av/Shepherd Av · Q56
Within a walk
10 places
3 day care or pre-K sites, 3 religious buildings and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Etna Street & Force Tube Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Norwood Av, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Norwood Av J, Z
    0.3 miles
    J Z

Next trains at this station

Outbound
2 lines
  1. J …
  2. Z …
Manhattan
2 lines
  1. J …
  2. Z …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Culture Swirl” (2007) by Margaret Lanzetta at the Norwood Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Jamaica Av/Shepherd Av, 370 feet away, for the Q56.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Jamaica Av/Shepherd Av Q56 · Shelter
    370 feet
    Q56
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q56 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 4 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Jamaica Ave & Elton St 18 docks in all
    1,300 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Vermont Place & J Robinson Parkway, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 596 Jamaica Avenue Gas station
    150 feet
  2. 570 Jamaica Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    330 feet
  3. 1-01 Forest Park Drive Fast charging for electric cars
    2.4 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.

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 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
57 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1910 and 1920.

Trees

NYC Parks records 55 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2015 and August 2018, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Etna Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of Etna Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

East side of Force Tube Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

West side of Force Tube Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 parks
  • 1 playground
  • 1 recreation center

Schools and child care

  1. New Age Family Day Care Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    650 feet
  2. Simfran Academy Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    880 feet
  3. Saint Peter’s Evangelical Lutheran Church, in the Borough of Brooklyn, City of New York Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    950 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Sam Leggio Triangle
    60 feet
  2. Highland Park
    250 feet
  3. Lower Highland Playground
    1,090 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Worship Center Iglesia Cristiana House of worship
    200 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. North Brooklyn YMCA Recreation center
    300 feet

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are seven 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 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Etna Street or Force Tube 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, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.