New York Avenue & Clarkson Avenue

New York Avenue and Clarkson Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in East Flatbush-Erasmus, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 29 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. The city lists this corner as a Vision Zero priority intersection. Rolph Henry Playground is 50 feet away. The nearest subway, Winthrop St, is about four minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites, and 14 places to eat.

Safety record
20 hurt
29 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Winthrop St
1,140 feet · 4 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
50 feet
Clarkson Av/New York Av · B12
Within a walk
10 places
2 day care or pre-K sites, 2 hospitals and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
New York Avenue & Clarkson Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Winthrop St, 1,140 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Winthrop St 2, 5
    1,140 feet
    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. Church Av 2, 5
    0.5 miles
    2 5

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Clarkson Av/New York Av, 50 feet away, for the B12.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Clarkson Av/New York Av B12 · Shelter
    50 feet
    B12
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B12 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 16 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. New York Ave & Lenox Rd 24 docks in all
    400 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 1.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 720 New York Avenue Gas station
    300 feet
  2. 395 Lenox Road Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    580 feet
  3. 2699 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    2.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 29 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 20 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 6 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2026.

The city lists this corner as a Vision Zero priority intersection, a designation it applies to corners selected for attention on their injury record. It is not a record of work done.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, December 2021
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, October 2025

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11203
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 9
City Council district
40
Police precinct
67 and 71 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East Flatbush-Erasmus
Elevation
56 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes

Homes

About 1,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 227 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 48 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the red maple.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 60 signs on these blocks
  • 17 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2020 and August 2023; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Clarkson Avenue

  • Doctor plates only 7 signs DOCTOR LICENSE PLATES ONLY 7AM-7PM ALL DAYS
  • Doctor plates only 2 signs DOCTOR LICENSE PLATES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • Electric vehicle charging only 2 signs ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING ONLY
  • Farmers market 3 signs FARMERS MARKET ONLY JUNE 1 - NOV 30 WEDNESDAY 7AM-5PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 7 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-5PM

South side of Clarkson Avenue

  • Ambulettes and Access-A-Ride only 1 sign AMBULETTE & ACCESS-A-RIDE ONLY
  • Ambulettes only 3 signs AMBULETTE ONLY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 hospitals
  • 2 trade or language schools
  • 1 ambulance station
  • 1 college
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Elite Early Childhood Learning Center Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    820 feet
  2. Kareful and Karefree Training School Trade or language school
    830 feet
  3. SUNY Downstate Health Sciences Univ. College
    840 feet
Show all 5
  1. The Children's Center at SUNY Brooklyn Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,170 feet
  2. Gotham Career Institute Center for W Trade or language school
    1,210 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Rolph Henry Playground
    50 feet

Health care

  1. University Hospital of Brooklyn Hospital
    840 feet
  2. Kings County Hospital Center Hospital
    980 feet
  3. EMS Station 38 Ambulance station
    1,120 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Gabriels Episcopal Church House of worship
    1,180 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    1,260 feet
  2. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 14 places to eat and nine food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Clarkson Avenue or New York Avenue.

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