Martense Street & Martense Court

Martense Street and Martense Court meet at a three-way junction in Flatbush, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Flatbush Library is 250 feet away. The nearest subway, Church Av, is about seven minutes on foot, and four subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 16 public places, six of them religious buildings, and 40 places to eat. About 2,700 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1930 and 1939, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Church Av
0.4 miles · 7 min on foot · B, Q
Nearest bus stop
320 feet
Flatbush Av/Church Av · B41
Within a walk
16 places
6 religious buildings, 5 schools and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Martense Street & Martense Court Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Church Av, 0.4 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Church Av B, Q
    0.4 miles
    B Q

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
2 lines
  1. B …
  2. Q …
Southbound
2 lines
  1. B …
  2. Q …

Also within a walk

  1. Parkside Av Q
    0.5 miles
    Q
  2. Church Av 2, 5
    0.5 miles
    2 5

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Flatbush Av/Church Av, 320 feet away, for the B41.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Flatbush Av/Church Av B41
    320 feet
    B41

Next buses at this stop

  1. B41 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 21 St & Church Ave 25 docks in all
    970 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 1.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2193 Bedford Avenue Gas station
    1,040 feet
  2. 123 Linden Boulevard Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. 2699 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    2.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported one crash 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 October 2022.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11226
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 14
City Council district
40
Police precinct
70
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Flatbush
Elevation
50 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1930 and 1939.

Since 2014 at least 67 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 36 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2020 and July 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

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

East side of Martense Court

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

West side of Martense Court

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

North side of Martense Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 10AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 305956 and 327799.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are six Individual Landmarks, and eight buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Federal. They were built between 1786 and 1924.

  1. Flatbush Dutch Reformed Church Designated landmark
    500 feet
  2. Flatbush District No. 1 School Designated landmark
    620 feet
  3. Erasmus Hall Academy Designated landmark
    630 feet

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Sixteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 5 schools
  • 2 libraries
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 post office

Schools and child care

  1. Blue Star of New York Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,200 feet
  2. Academy for College Preparation and Career Exploration: a College Board School
    1,310 feet
  3. Academy of Hospitality and Tourism School
    1,310 feet
Show all 6
  1. High School for Service & Learning at Erasmus School · landmark
    1,310 feet
  2. High School for Youth and Community Development at Erasmus School · landmark
    1,310 feet
  3. Science, Technology and Research Early College High School at Erasmus School · landmark
    1,310 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Flatbush Library
    250 feet
  2. Flatbush Learning Center Library
    260 feet
  3. Flatbush Dutch Reformed Church Complex Listed historic place
    950 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Faith Assemblies of God Church House of worship
    520 feet
  2. Goshen Temple 7 Day Adventists Church House of worship
    1,030 feet
  3. The Universal Church House of worship
    1,310 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Flatbush Post Office Listed historic place
    500 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    520 feet
  2. Citibank Bank branch
    670 feet
  3. Santander Bank Bank branch
    690 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    1,270 feet
  2. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    810 feet
  2. Target Store
    920 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 40 places to eat and 17 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

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

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