Montgomery Street & Ludlam Place

Montgomery Street and Ludlam Place meet at a three-way junction in Crown Heights (South), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Jehovahs Witnesses Ebbets Field is 1,150 feet away. The nearest subway, Sterling St, is about seven minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are 14 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 16 places to eat. About 1,900 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1923 and 1930, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Sterling St
0.4 miles · 7 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
470 feet
Rogers Av/Montgomery St · B49
Within a walk
14 places
7 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Montgomery Street & Ludlam Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Sterling St, 0.4 miles from this corner, about seven 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 …

Also within a walk

  1. President St-Medgar Evers College 2, 5
    0.4 miles
    2 5

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Rogers Av/Montgomery St, 470 feet away, for the B49.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Rogers Av/Montgomery St B49
    470 feet
    B49

Next buses at this stop

  1. B49 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 31 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Bedford Ave & Montgomery St 27 docks in all
    560 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 1.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 415 Empire Boulevard Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 375 Lefferts Avenue Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.7 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 June 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11225
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 9
City Council district
35
Police precinct
71
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Crown Heights (South)
Elevation
95 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,900 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 1923 and 1930.

Since 2014 at least 37 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 44 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 13 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2018 and March 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Ludlam Place

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of Ludlam Place

  • Carshare only 1 sign CARSHARE PARKING ONLY OTHERS NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of Montgomery Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fourteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 college
  • 1 post office
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. All My Children Day Care and Nursery 11 Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    400 feet
  2. Bambi Day Care Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    550 feet
  3. Medgar Evers College
    960 feet
Show all 4
  1. Daisley Institute Trade or language school
    1,120 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Dodger Playground
    870 feet
  2. Jackie Robinson Playground
    1,080 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Jehovahs Witnesses Ebbets Field House of worship
    1,150 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. James E Davis Post Office
    1,270 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    910 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Western Beef Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 16 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 Ludlam Place or Montgomery 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, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.