Etna Street & Richmond Street

Etna Street and Richmond Street 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. Andrews Methodist Church is 240 feet away. The nearest subway, Norwood Av, is about eight minutes on foot, for the J and Z. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, four of them religious buildings, and one place to eat. About 900 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1901 and 1920, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
5 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Norwood Av
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · J, Z
Nearest bus stop
700 feet
Jamaica Av/Richmond St · Q56
Within a walk
11 places
4 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Etna Street & Richmond Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Norwood Av, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Norwood Av J, Z
    0.4 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
    0.4 miles
    J
  2. Crescent St J, Z
    0.5 miles
    J 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/Richmond St, 700 feet away, for the Q56.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Jamaica Av/Richmond St Q56
    700 feet
    Q56

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q56 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 12 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

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

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
    0.3 miles
  2. 570 Jamaica Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  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
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, October 2021

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
54 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are 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 1901 and 1920.

Trees

NYC Parks records 59 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 34 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2017 and April 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Etna Street

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

South side of Etna Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

East side of Richmond Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

West side of Richmond Street

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 schools
  • 1 garden
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 park

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 065 School · pre-K
    560 feet
  2. Achievement First East New York Charter School 2 School
    1,000 feet
  3. Simfran Academy Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,200 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Chestnut Street Garden
    970 feet
  2. Sam Leggio Triangle
    1,270 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Public School 65k Listed historic place
    1,000 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Andrews Methodist Church Listed historic place
    240 feet
  2. Worship Center Iglesia Cristiana House of worship
    1,160 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Western Beef Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, six of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Etna Street or Richmond Street.

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.