Hale Avenue & Force Tube Avenue

Hale Avenue and Force Tube Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Cypress Hills, Brooklyn. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. North Brooklyn YMCA is 510 feet away. The nearest subway, Norwood Av, is about five minutes on foot, for the J and Z. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, five of them religious buildings, and one place to eat. About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1910 and 1920, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
No crashes
0 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Norwood Av
1,250 feet · 5 min on foot · J, Z
Nearest bus stop
560 feet
Ridgewood Av/Norwood Av · T430, T434
Within a walk
11 places
5 religious buildings, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Hale Avenue & Force Tube Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Norwood Av, 1,250 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Norwood Av J, Z
    1,250 feet
    J Z

Next trains at this station

Outbound
2 lines
  1. J …
  2. Z …
Manhattan
2 lines
  1. J …
  2. 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 Ridgewood Av/Norwood Av, 560 feet away, for the T430 and T434.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Ridgewood Av/Norwood Av T430, T434
    560 feet
    T430 T434

Next buses at this stop

  1. T430 …
  2. T434 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 5 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, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 596 Jamaica Avenue Gas station
    410 feet
  2. 570 Jamaica Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    590 feet
  3. 1-01 Forest Park Drive Fast charging for electric cars
    2.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

No police-reported crashes between 2021 and 2025, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2019.

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 1,000 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.

Since 2014 at least 8 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 63 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 22 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2014 and March 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Force Tube Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Force Tube Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

East side of Hale Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Hale Avenue

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Simfran Academy Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    620 feet
  2. Saint Peter’s Evangelical Lutheran Church, in the Borough of Brooklyn, City of New York Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    890 feet
  3. New Age Family Day Care Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    910 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Sam Leggio Triangle
    320 feet
  2. Highland Park
    510 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Worship Center Iglesia Cristiana House of worship
    400 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. North Brooklyn YMCA Recreation center
    510 feet

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    1,260 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there is one place to eat and ten 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 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Force Tube Avenue or Hale Avenue.

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