Kingston Avenue & Maple Street

Kingston Avenue and Maple Street meet at a four-way crossing in Prospect Lefferts Gardens-Wingate, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Horeb 7 Day Adventist Church is 100 feet away, and Wingate Park is 1,140 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Albany Av/East New York Av, is 870 feet away for the B12, and five bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 17 public places, six of them religious buildings, and five places to eat.

Safety record
6 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Prospect Expressway
2.3 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
870 feet
Albany Av/East New York Av · B12
Within a walk
17 places
6 religious buildings, 6 schools and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Kingston Avenue & Maple Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Albany Av/East New York Av, 870 feet away, for the B12.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Albany Av/East New York Av B12
    870 feet
    B12

Next buses at this stop

  1. B12 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Maple Street.

  • 1 bicycle rack within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Kingston Ave & E New York Ave 21 docks in all
    330 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 2.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 415 Empire Boulevard Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 375 Lefferts Avenue Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    2.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 6 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11225
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 9
City Council district
40
Police precinct
71
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Prospect Lefferts Gardens-Wingate
Elevation
37 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 9 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 54 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2015 and July 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Kingston Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

West side of Kingston Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

North side of Maple Street

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

South side of Maple Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seventeen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 6 schools
  • 1 field
  • 1 nursing home or hospice
  • 1 older adult center
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. League School
    710 feet
  2. P.S. 091 the Albany Avenue School
    750 feet
  3. Bnos Chomesh Academy School
    750 feet
Show all 6
  1. Brooklyn Institute for Liberal Arts School
    1,060 feet
  2. High School for Public Service: Heroes of Tomorrow School
    1,060 feet
  3. Chabad Girls Academy High School
    1,100 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Hamilton Metz Field
    590 feet
  2. Wingate Park
    1,140 feet
  3. Wingate Park Playground
    1,160 feet

Health care

  1. Dr Susan Smith McKinney Nursing and Rehabilitation Center Nursing home or hospice
    1,290 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Horeb 7 Day Adventist Church House of worship
    100 feet
  2. Church of God of Prophecy House of worship
    1,150 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 720 East New York Avenue Older adult center
    1,280 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    650 feet

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, 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 Kingston Avenue or Maple 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 Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.