Etna Street & Norwood Avenue

Etna Street and Norwood Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Cypress Hills, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Worship Center Iglesia Cristiana is 420 feet away. The nearest subway, Norwood Av, is about five minutes on foot, for the J and Z. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, five of them religious buildings. About 800 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1910 and 1920, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
5 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Norwood Av
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · J, Z
Nearest bus stop
480 feet
Jamaica Av/Norwood Av · Q56
Within a walk
12 places
5 religious buildings, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Etna Street & Norwood 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 five 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 …

Also within a walk

  1. Cypress Hills J
    0.5 miles
    J

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/Norwood Av, 480 feet away, for the Q56.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Jamaica Av/Norwood Av Q56
    480 feet
    Q56

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q56 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 7 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Jamaica Ave & Elton St 18 docks in all
    0.3 miles

By car

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

  1. 596 Jamaica Avenue Gas station
    620 feet
  2. 570 Jamaica Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    800 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 five crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 5 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in July 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, August 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
55 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 800 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 54 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2017 and May 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Etna Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of Etna Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

East side of Norwood Avenue

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Norwood Avenue

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Simfran Academy Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    470 feet
  2. P.S. 065 School · pre-K
    1,000 feet
  3. New Age Family Day Care Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,120 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Sam Leggio Triangle
    530 feet
  2. Highland Park
    720 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Worship Center Iglesia Cristiana House of worship
    420 feet
  2. Andrews Methodist Church Listed historic place
    850 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. North Brooklyn YMCA Recreation center
    760 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Western Beef Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are six food stores.

Not on record for this corner: 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 Norwood Avenue.

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