McDonald Avenue & Cortelyou Road

McDonald Avenue and Cortelyou Road meet at a four-way crossing in Kensington, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 12 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Avenue C Plaza is 970 feet away. The nearest subway, Ditmas Av, is about a minute on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 20 public places, 13 of them religious buildings, and five places to eat. About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1921 and 1930, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
7 hurt
12 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Ditmas Av
300 feet · 1 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
120 feet
McDonald Av/Cortelyou Rd · B67, B69
Within a walk
20 places
13 religious buildings, 3 schools and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
McDonald Avenue & Cortelyou Road Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Ditmas Av, 300 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Ditmas Av F
    300 feet
    F

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. F …
Southbound
1 line
  1. F …

Also within a walk

  1. Church Av F, G
    0.3 miles
    F G

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Inheritance: In Memory of American Glass” (2016) by Cara Lynch at the Ditmas Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is McDonald Av/Cortelyou Rd, 120 feet away, for the B67 and B69.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. McDonald Av/Cortelyou Rd B67, B69
    120 feet
    B67 B69

Next buses at this stop

  1. B67 …
  2. B69 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 3 St & Cortelyou Rd 14 docks in all
    650 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at 11th Avenue & 18th Street, 1.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1 Cortelyou Road Gas station
    230 feet
  2. 581 Ocean Parkway Charging for electric cars, 13 Level 2 chargers
    0.8 miles
  3. 1763 86th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 12 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 7 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 July 2024.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11218
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 12
City Council district
39
Police precinct
66
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Kensington
Elevation
42 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1921 and 1930.

Trees

NYC Parks records 23 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 62 signs on these blocks
  • 16 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2015 and December 2023; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Cortelyou Road

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Cortelyou Road

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of McDonald Avenue

  • Metered parking 6 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING SATURDAY 8AM-8:30AM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 6 signs NO STANDING 7AM-7PM ALL DAYS
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM

West side of McDonald Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twenty public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 13 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 pedestrian plaza
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Bnos Jerusalem D'Chasidei Belz School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    550 feet
  2. Yeled V' Yalda Early Childhood Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    550 feet
  3. Bnos Yerushalayim School
    670 feet
Show all 5
  1. Yeshiva Shalshelet Bais Yaakov School
    1,080 feet
  2. P.S. 179 Kensington School
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Dome Playground
    310 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Avenue C Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    970 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Met Fresh Supermarket
    0.5 miles
  2. KRM Supermarket Supermarket
    0.5 miles
  3. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are five places to eat and 15 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 Cortelyou Road or McDonald 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 Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.