Lincoln Place & Rogers Avenue

Lincoln Place and Rogers Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Crown Heights (North), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 17 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Epiphany Lutheran Elementary School is 230 feet away. The nearest subway, Nostrand Av, is about four minutes on foot, and five subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 19 public places, 15 of them religious buildings, and 25 places to eat. A bus lane runs along Rogers Avenue, 7am to 7pm.

Safety record
9 hurt
17 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Nostrand Av
1,040 feet · 4 min on foot · 3
Nearest bus stop
80 feet
Rogers Av/Lincoln Pl · B49
Within a walk
19 places
15 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Lincoln Place & Rogers Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Nostrand Av, 1,040 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 5 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Nostrand Av 3
    1,040 feet
    3

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Franklin Av-Medgar Evers College/Botanic Garden 2, 3, 4, 5, S
    0.3 miles
    2 3 4 5 S
  2. President St-Medgar Evers College 2, 5
    0.3 miles
    2 5

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Rogers Av/Lincoln Pl, 80 feet away, for the B49.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Rogers Av/Lincoln Pl B49
    80 feet
    B49

Next buses at this stop

  1. B49 …

Live arrivals

Rogers Avenue carries a bus lane, 7am to 7pm on weekdays.

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Lincoln Pl & Nostrand Ave 25 docks in all
    690 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. 1285 Bedford Avenue Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 552 Prospect Place Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    0.6 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 17 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, November 2016

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11216
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 8
City Council district
35
Police precinct
77
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Crown Heights (North)
Elevation
130 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 2,600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 149 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 63 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the American elm.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 29 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2020 and August 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Lincoln Place

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of Lincoln Place

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 6AM-4PM SATURDAY 6AM-NOON

East side of Rogers Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of Rogers Avenue

  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM 4PM-7PM

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as neo-Gothic, and built in 1920.

  1. Studebaker Building Designated landmark
    760 feet

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nineteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 15 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 schools

Schools and child care

  1. The Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Epiphany of Brooklyn NY School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    200 feet
  2. Epiphany Lutheran Elementary School
    230 feet
  3. German School Brooklyn School
    630 feet
Show all 4
  1. The Friends of Crown Heights Educational Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,040 feet

Houses of worship

  1. First Baptist Church Crown Heights House of worship
    520 feet
  2. Philadelphia Sabbath Cathedral Listed historic place
    1,060 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    1,250 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 25 places to eat and 13 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Lincoln Place or Rogers Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, 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, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.