Kingston Avenue & Midwood Street

Kingston Avenue and Midwood Street meet at a four-way crossing in Prospect Lefferts Gardens-Wingate, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Brooklyn Institute for Liberal Arts is 800 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Albany Av/Midwood St, is 860 feet away for the B12, and four bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 16 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and three places to eat. About 1,400 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
3 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Prospect Expressway
2.1 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
860 feet
Albany Av/Midwood St · B12
Within a walk
16 places
7 religious buildings, 5 schools and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Kingston Avenue & Midwood Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Albany Av/Midwood St, 860 feet away, for the B12.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Albany Av/Midwood St B12
    860 feet
    B12

Next buses at this stop

  1. B12 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 4 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 2.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 415 Empire Boulevard Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 375 Lefferts Avenue Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    0.5 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 nine crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11203
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 9
City Council district
40
Police precinct
71
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Prospect Lefferts Gardens-Wingate
Elevation
35 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 6 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 55 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 32 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2015 and October 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

  • Ambulettes only 1 sign AMBULETTE ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 9AM-6PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

North side of Midwood Street

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

South side of Midwood Street

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Sixteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 5 schools
  • 1 field
  • 1 nursing home or hospice
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. League School
    450 feet
  2. Brooklyn Institute for Liberal Arts School
    800 feet
  3. High School for Public Service: Heroes of Tomorrow School
    800 feet
Show all 5
  1. P.S. 091 the Albany Avenue School
    1,010 feet
  2. Bnos Chomesh Academy School
    1,010 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Hamilton Metz Field
    850 feet
  2. Wingate Park
    880 feet
  3. Wingate Park Playground
    900 feet

Health care

  1. Dr Susan Smith McKinney Nursing and Rehabilitation Center Nursing home or hospice
    1,030 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Horeb 7 Day Adventist Church House of worship
    190 feet
  2. Church of God of Prophecy House of worship
    890 feet

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    910 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are three places to eat and eight 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 Midwood Street.

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.