Kenilworth Place & Hillel Place

Kenilworth Place and Hillel Place meet at a three-way junction in Flatbush, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Hillel Place Plaza is 140 feet away. The nearest subway, Flatbush Av-Brooklyn College, is about a minute on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, five of them religious buildings, and 33 places to eat. About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1929 and 1963, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
1 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Flatbush Av-Brooklyn College
330 feet · 1 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
280 feet
Nostrand Av/Flatbush Av · B44 SBS, B96
Within a walk
11 places
5 religious buildings, 4 day care or pre-K sites and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Kenilworth Place & Hillel Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Flatbush Av-Brooklyn College, 330 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Flatbush Av-Brooklyn College 2, 5
    330 feet
    2 5

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 5 …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Flatbush Floogies” (1996) by Muriel Castanis at the Flatbush Av-Brooklyn College station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Nostrand Av/Flatbush Av, 280 feet away, for the B44 SBS and B96.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Nostrand Av/Flatbush Av B44 SBS, B96
    280 feet
    B44 SBS B96

Next buses at this stop

  1. B44 SBS …
  2. B96 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 55 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 2.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1261 Flatbush Avenue Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 1170 Ocean Avenue Charging for electric cars, eight Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles
  3. 2699 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.4 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.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2024.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11210
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 14
City Council district
45
Police precinct
70
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Flatbush
Elevation
26 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, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1929 and 1963.

Since 2014 at least 19 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 23 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 18 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules
  • 3 active meters
  • 3 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2018 and January 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Hillel Place

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Hillel Place

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING TUESDAY THURSDAY SATURDAY 3AM-6AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Kenilworth Place

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Kenilworth Place

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 309273, 314096 and 316016.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 pedestrian plaza
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Gan-Jewish Day Care Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    170 feet
  2. Initial Steps Child Development Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    740 feet
  3. Family Head Start/Early Learn Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    760 feet
Show all 5
  1. Charles R. Drew Early Learning Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    850 feet
  2. Sunshine Devel - Family HS Glenwood School
    980 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Hillel Place Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    140 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Vanderveer Park United Methodist Church House of worship
    840 feet

Bank branches

  1. Santander Bank Bank branch
    390 feet
  2. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    520 feet
  3. Bank of America Bank branch
    660 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    930 feet
  2. ALDI Supermarket
    1,320 feet
  3. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    850 feet
  2. Dollar Tree Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 33 places to eat and 18 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 Hillel Place or Kenilworth Place.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.