New York Avenue & Cortelyou Road

New York Avenue and Cortelyou Road meet at a four-way crossing in East Flatbush-Farragut, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 12 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Clarendon Road Church is 500 feet away. The nearest subway, Beverly Rd, is about four minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, five of them religious buildings, and nine places to eat. About 1,800 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1910 and 1931, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
9 hurt
12 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Beverly Rd
1,020 feet · 4 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
310 feet
New York Av/Clarendon Rd · B44
Within a walk
7 places
5 religious buildings, 1 day care or pre-K site and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
New York Avenue & Cortelyou Road Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Beverly Rd, 1,020 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Beverly Rd 2, 5
    1,020 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. Newkirk Av-Little Haiti 2, 5
    0.4 miles
    2 5

Bus

The nearest bus stop is New York Av/Clarendon Rd, 310 feet away, for the B44.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. New York Av/Clarendon Rd B44
    310 feet
    B44

Next buses at this stop

  1. B44 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Cortelyou Rd & E 34 St 19 docks in all
    310 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 2.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1092 Rogers Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 395 Lenox Road Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles
  3. 2699 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    2 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.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11203
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 17
City Council district
45
Police precinct
67
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East Flatbush-Farragut
Elevation
36 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1910 and 1931.

Since 2014 at least 33 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 41 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 19 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2020 and August 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Cortelyou Road

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Cortelyou Road

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

East side of New York Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

West side of New York Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 older adult center

Schools and child care

  1. Garden of Knowledge Day Care & Learning Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,280 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Clarendon Road Church House of worship
    500 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 3304 Clarendon Road Older adult center
    540 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    1,310 feet
  2. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. The Meat Place Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are nine places to eat and ten 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 Cortelyou Road or New York 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, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.