Franklin Avenue & Crown Street

Franklin Avenue and Crown Street meet at a four-way crossing in Crown Heights (South), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 20 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Medgar Evers College is 670 feet away, and P.S. 375 Jackie Robinson School is 930 feet away. The nearest subway, Franklin Av-Medgar Evers College/Botanic Garden, is about five minutes on foot, and seven subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 14 public places, five of them religious buildings, and 21 places to eat.

Safety record
11 hurt
20 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Franklin Av-Medgar Evers College/Botanic Garden
1,250 feet · 5 min on foot · 2, 3, 4, 5, S
Nearest bus stop
220 feet
Franklin Av/Carroll St · B48
Within a walk
14 places
5 religious buildings, 3 schools and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Franklin Avenue & Crown Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Franklin Av-Medgar Evers College/Botanic Garden, 1,250 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 5 lines at the nearest station
  • 7 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Franklin Av-Medgar Evers College/Botanic Garden 2, 3, 4, 5, S
    1,250 feet
    2 3 4 5 S

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
4 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 3 …
  3. 4 …
  4. 5 …
Outbound
4 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 3 …
  3. 4 …
  4. 5 …
Franklin Av
1 line
  1. S …
Prospect Park
1 line
  1. S …

Also within a walk

  1. Prospect Park B, Q, S
    0.4 miles
    B Q S

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “IL7/Square” (1999) by Millie Burns at the Franklin Av-Medgar Evers College/Botanic Garden station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Franklin Av/Carroll St, 220 feet away, for the B48.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Franklin Av/Carroll St B48
    220 feet
    B48

Next buses at this stop

  1. B48 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on Franklin Avenue.

  • 31 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Carroll St & Franklin Ave 19 docks in all
    350 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 1.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 517 Flatbush Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 375 Lefferts Avenue Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    0.8 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 20 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 11 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 4 of those hurt, on foot
  • 5 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in August 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11225
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 9
City Council district
35
Police precinct
71
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Crown Heights (South)
Elevation
104 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 3,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 18 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 30 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 39 signs on these blocks
  • 11 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2018 and July 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Crown Street

  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of Crown Street

  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Franklin Avenue

  • Time-limited parking 2 signs 2 HOUR PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 7:30AM-8AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Franklin Avenue

  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Tuscan Revival, and built between 1912 and 1917.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fourteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 botanical garden
  • 1 college
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Little Angel Day Care #3 Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    620 feet
  2. Medgar Evers College
    670 feet
  3. Friends of Crown Heights Educational Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    790 feet
Show all 6
  1. Ebbets Field Middle School
    930 feet
  2. P.S. 375 Jackie Robinson School
    930 feet
  3. P.S. 241 Emma L. Johnston School
    1,050 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Jackie Robinson Playground
    380 feet
  2. Brooklyn Botanic Garden Botanical garden · landmark
    840 feet
  3. Union Street Garden and Community Development Garden
    1,280 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Jehovahs Witnesses Ebbets Field House of worship
    870 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    210 feet
  2. Western Beef Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 21 places to eat and 17 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Crown Street or Franklin Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.