New Utrecht Avenue & 42nd Street

New Utrecht Avenue and 42nd Street meet at a four-way crossing in Sunset Park (East)-Borough Park (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Brizzi Playground is 40 feet away. The nearest subway, Fort Hamilton Pkwy, is about two minutes on foot, for the D. Within a five-minute walk are 27 public places, nine of them religious buildings, and 13 places to eat. About 1,900 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1923 and 1940, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
1 hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Fort Hamilton Pkwy
520 feet · 2 min on foot · D
Nearest bus stop
920 feet
39 St/10 Av · B35
Within a walk
27 places
9 religious buildings, 8 schools and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
New Utrecht Avenue & 42nd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Fort Hamilton Pkwy, 520 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  1. Fort Hamilton Pkwy D
    520 feet
    D

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. D …
Southbound
1 line
  1. D …

Also within a walk

  1. 9 Av D
    0.3 miles
    D
  2. 50 St D
    0.4 miles
    D

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Gardens of Fort Hamilton Parkway Station” (2012) by Portia Munson at the Fort Hamilton Pkwy station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 39 St/10 Av, 920 feet away, for the B35.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 39 St/10 Av B35 · Countdown sign
    920 feet
    B35
    Countdown sign

Next buses at this stop

  1. B35 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 26 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. New Utrecht Ave & 9 Ave 19 docks in all
    0.3 miles

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at 11th Avenue & 18th Street, 1.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 4302 Fort Hamilton Parkway Gas station
    640 feet
  2. 484 43rd Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.9 miles
  3. 1763 86th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.5 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.

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in August 2024.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11219
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 12
City Council district
38
Police precinct
66
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Sunset Park (East)-Borough Park (West)
Elevation
79 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, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1923 and 1940.

Since 2014 at least 9 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 73 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2015 and May 2019, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 42nd Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of 42nd Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

East side of New Utrecht Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of New Utrecht Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 27 public places.

  • 9 religious buildings
  • 8 schools
  • 7 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 parks
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Shema Kolainu-Hear Our Voices School
    410 feet
  2. We Do Kids Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    420 feet
  3. Bnei Yosel Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    440 feet
Show all 15
  1. Hello Kiddie Daycare Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    490 feet
  2. Bnos Margulia Viznitz School
    510 feet
  3. Bais Brocho D'Karlin Stolin HS School
    530 feet
  4. Bais Brocho of Karlin Stolin School
    630 feet
  5. Sunny Skies Pre-School # 2 Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    680 feet
  6. Kiddie Zone 44 Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    690 feet
  7. Polskie Przedszkole Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    800 feet
  8. West Brooklyn Community High School
    870 feet
  9. P.S. 131 Brooklyn School
    980 feet
  10. Darkei Chaim School
    1,030 feet
  11. Talmud Torah Sanz Klausenburg School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,130 feet
  12. Bais Esther School 3 School
    1,250 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Brizzi Playground
    40 feet
  2. Heffernan Triangle
    1,200 feet
  3. Alben Square
    1,210 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Catherine Alexandria Church House of worship
    970 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 13 places to eat and 26 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 nearest of the 14 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 42nd Street or New Utrecht 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 Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health and NYS Agriculture and Markets, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.