Lincoln Place & Kingston Avenue

Lincoln Place and Kingston Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Crown Heights (North), Brooklyn. The corner lies on the edge of the Crown Heights North III Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, 14 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Arista Prep School is 80 feet away, and Chabad Girls Academy is 500 feet away. The nearest subway, Kingston Av, is about two minutes on foot, for the 3. Within a five-minute walk are 34 public places, 22 of them religious buildings, and 17 places to eat.

Safety record
6 hurt
14 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Kingston Av
460 feet · 2 min on foot · 3
Nearest bus stop
350 feet
Saint Johns Pl/Kingston Av · B45
Within a walk
34 places
22 religious buildings, 6 schools and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Lincoln Place & Kingston Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Kingston Av, 460 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Kingston Av 3
    460 feet
    3

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. 3 …
Outbound
1 line
  1. 3 …

Also within a walk

  1. Crown Hts-Utica Av 3, 4
    0.5 miles
    3 4

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Saint Johns Pl/Kingston Av, 350 feet away, for the B45.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Saint Johns Pl/Kingston Av B45 · Shelter
    350 feet
    B45
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B45 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Kingston Avenue.

  • 25 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Eastern Pkwy & Kingston Ave 30 docks in all
    320 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 2.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 51 Brooklyn Avenue Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 959 Sterling Place Charging for electric cars, 21 Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 14 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11213
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 8
City Council district
35
Police precinct
77
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Crown Heights (North)
Elevation
93 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 2,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1906 and 1931.

Since 2014 at least 23 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 61 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the northern red oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 44 signs on these blocks
  • 13 different rules
  • 4 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2015 and September 2025; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Kingston Avenue

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 3PM-7PM SATURDAY 9AM-7PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING SATURDAY 8:30AM-9AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCKS LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-3PM

West side of Kingston Avenue

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME

North side of Lincoln Place

  • No standing 11 signs NO STANDING FIRE ZONE

South side of Lincoln Place

  • Loading only 2 signs LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 331618 and 340268.

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands at the edge of the Crown Heights North III Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 229 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Renaissance Revival, and mostly built between 1904 and 1909.

  1. Congregation Shaari Zedek Designated landmark
    810 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 34 public places.

  • 22 religious buildings
  • 6 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 museum
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Yeled Vyalda Early Childhood Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    40 feet
  2. Arista Prep School
    80 feet
  3. Yeshiva Beis Chaya Mushka School
    490 feet
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  1. Chabad Girls Academy School
    500 feet
  2. Arista Preparatory School School-based preschool, ages 2 to 5
    770 feet
  3. United Lubavitcher Yeshivoth Annex School
    1,100 feet
  4. Ed Inst-Oholei Torah-Eastern Parkway School
    1,180 feet
  5. Chanoch Lenaar School
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Brower Park
    1,010 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Jewish Children's Museum
    480 feet
  2. Crown Heights North Historic District (Boundary Increase) Listed historic place
    1,140 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Chabad Lubavitch World HQ House of worship
    520 feet
  2. First Church of God in Christ House of worship
    910 feet
  3. St Gregory the Great RC Church House of worship
    1,230 feet
Show all 4
  1. St Marks Church Episcopal House of worship
    1,250 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 230 Kingston Avenue Older adult center
    630 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    300 feet
  2. Apple Bank Bank branch
    1,240 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.5 miles
  2. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    750 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 17 places to eat and eight food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Kingston Avenue or Lincoln Place.

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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.