Franklin Avenue & Montgomery Street

Franklin Avenue and Montgomery Street meet at a four-way crossing in Crown Heights (South), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 17 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Ebbets Field Middle School is 590 feet away, and Washington Empire Plaza is 1,240 feet away. The nearest subway, Franklin Av-Medgar Evers College/Botanic Garden, is about six minutes on foot, and seven subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 14 public places, six of them religious buildings, and 15 places to eat.

Safety record
5 hurt
17 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Franklin Av-Medgar Evers College/Botanic Garden
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · 2, 3, 4, 5, S
Nearest bus stop
120 feet
Franklin Av/Montgomery St · B48
Within a walk
14 places
6 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Franklin Avenue & Montgomery Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Franklin Av-Medgar Evers College/Botanic Garden, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six 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
    0.3 miles
    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/Montgomery St, 120 feet away, for the B48.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B48 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Montgomery St & Franklin Ave 19 docks in all
    300 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 1.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 517 Flatbush Avenue Gas station
    0.4 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
    2.8 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.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.

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
96 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 4,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 87 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 44 signs on these blocks
  • 12 different rules

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

East side of Franklin Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 7:30AM-8AM
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

West side of Franklin Avenue

  • Carshare only 1 sign CARSHARE PARKING ONLY OTHERS NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

North side of Montgomery Street

  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of Montgomery Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Brooklyn Botanic Garden.

  1. Jenkins Fountain Fountain by Isabel M. Kimball, 1930
    790 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fourteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Ebbets Field Middle School
    590 feet
  2. P.S. 375 Jackie Robinson School
    590 feet
  3. Medgar Evers College
    680 feet
Show all 5
  1. Little Angel Day Care #3 Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    950 feet
  2. Friends of Crown Heights Educational Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,120 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Jackie Robinson Playground
    50 feet
  2. Brooklyn Botanic Garden Botanical garden
    1,030 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Washington Empire Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,240 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Jehovahs Witnesses Ebbets Field House of worship
    1,200 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    1,160 feet

Supermarkets

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 15 places to eat and 12 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 corners on foot, six of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Franklin Avenue or Montgomery Street.

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, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.