Etna Street & Nichols Avenue

Etna Street and Nichols Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Cypress Hills, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. East New York Baptist Church is 660 feet away. The nearest subway, Cypress Hills, is about six minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, five of them religious buildings, and three places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Cypress Hills
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · J
Nearest bus stop
350 feet
Grant Av/Etna St · Q7
Within a walk
8 places
5 religious buildings, 2 schools and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Etna Street & Nichols Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Cypress Hills J
    0.3 miles
    J

Next trains at this station

Queens
1 line
  1. J …
Manhattan
1 line
  1. J …

Also within a walk

  1. 75 St-Elderts Ln J, Z
    0.4 miles
    J Z
  2. Crescent St J, Z
    0.4 miles
    J Z

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Five Points of Observation” (1990) by Kathleen McCarthy at the Cypress Hills station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Grant Av/Etna St, 350 feet away, for the Q7.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Grant Av/Etna St Q7
    350 feet
    Q7

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q7 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 13 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Cypress Hills Street & Jackie Robinson Parkway, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 74-08 Jamaica Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 570 Jamaica Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles
  3. 1-01 Forest Park Drive Fast charging for electric cars
    1.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

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
38 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1901 and 1920.

Trees

NYC Parks records 39 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

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

North side of Etna Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

South side of Etna Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

East side of Nichols Avenue

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

West side of Nichols Avenue

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 park

Schools and child care

  1. Highland Park Community School
    840 feet
  2. I.S. 171 Abraham Lincoln School
    840 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Legion Triangle
    1,270 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Universal Church House of worship
    530 feet
  2. East New York Baptist Church House of worship
    660 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Western Beef Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are three places to eat and 11 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 Nichols Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, 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.