Lefferts Avenue & Lamont Court

Lefferts Avenue and Lamont Court meet at a three-way junction in Prospect Lefferts Gardens-Wingate, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Horeb 7 Day Adventist Church is 1,020 feet away. The nearest subway, Sterling St, is about eight minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, six of them religious buildings, and three places to eat. About 2,300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1926 and 1938, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Sterling St
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
580 feet
Empire Blvd/Lamont Ct · B43
Within a walk
13 places
6 religious buildings, 5 schools and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Lefferts Avenue & Lamont Court Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Sterling St, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Sterling St 2, 5
    0.4 miles
    2 5

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 5 …
Flatbush
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 5 …

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Empire Blvd/Lamont Ct, 580 feet away, for the B43.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Empire Blvd/Lamont Ct B43
    580 feet
    B43

Next buses at this stop

  1. B43 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 6 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Brooklyn Ave & Lefferts Ave 20 docks in all
    420 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 2.2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 415 Empire Boulevard Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 375 Lefferts Avenue Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    1,300 feet
  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 two crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in July 2025.

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
52 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 2,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1926 and 1938.

Since 2014 at least 12 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 46 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 13 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2016 and November 2017, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 9am to 7pm on Lefferts Avenue (south side).

East side of Lamont Court

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

West side of Lamont Court

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

North side of Lefferts Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 308043.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 5 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 field

Schools and child care

  1. Beth Rivkah School
    570 feet
  2. Crown Multi-Educ Serv-Head Start School
    570 feet
  3. Chabad Girls Academy High School
    830 feet
Show all 6
  1. All My Children Day Care & Nursery School Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    840 feet
  2. Bnos Chomesh Academy School
    980 feet
  3. Crown Multi-Educ SVCS Leffert School
    1,110 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Hamilton Metz Field
    850 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Horeb 7 Day Adventist Church House of worship
    1,020 feet

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    290 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 signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Lamont Court or Lefferts 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.