Euclid Avenue & Etna Street

Euclid Avenue and Etna Street meet at a four-way crossing in Cypress Hills, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 17 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Chestnut Street Garden is 710 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 12 public places, five of them religious buildings, and one place to eat. About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1901 and 1920, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
7 hurt
17 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Cypress Hills
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · J
Nearest bus stop
540 feet
Crescent St/Etna St · B13
Within a walk
12 places
5 religious buildings, 4 schools and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Euclid Avenue & Etna Street 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. Crescent St J, Z
    0.3 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 Crescent St/Etna St, 540 feet away, for the B13.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Crescent St/Etna St B13
    540 feet
    B13

Next buses at this stop

  1. B13 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 17 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, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 766 Jamaica Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 570 Jamaica Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 1-01 Forest Park Drive Fast charging for electric cars
    2.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 17 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2025.

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
50 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,200 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 61 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the 'Not Green leaf' Japanese flowering cherry.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

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

North side of Etna Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of Etna Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

East side of Euclid Avenue

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Euclid Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 4 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 garden

Schools and child care

  1. Blessed Sacrament Catholic Academy School
    1,050 feet
  2. Success Academy Charter School - NYC 17 School
    1,190 feet
  3. Success Academy Charter School - NYC 18 School
    1,190 feet
Show all 5
  1. Cypress Hills Child Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,260 feet
  2. P.S. 065 School · pre-K
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Chestnut Street Garden
    710 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Andrews Methodist Church Listed historic place
    760 feet
  2. Blessed Sacrament Church House of worship
    1,020 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Western Beef Supermarket
    1,160 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there is one place to eat and six 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 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Etna Street or Euclid 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.