New York Avenue & East New York Avenue

New York Avenue and East New York Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Prospect Lefferts Gardens-Wingate, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 16 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. St Francis of Assisi Catholic Aca is 420 feet away. The nearest subway, Sterling St, is about five minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are 23 public places, nine of them religious buildings, and 14 places to eat.

Safety record
12 hurt
16 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Sterling St
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
120 feet
New York Av/East New York Av · B44
Within a walk
23 places
9 religious buildings, 8 schools and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
New York Avenue & East New York Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Sterling St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Sterling St 2, 5
    0.3 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. Winthrop St 2, 5
    0.5 miles
    2 5

Bus

The nearest bus stop is New York Av/East New York Av, 120 feet away, for the B44.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. New York Av/East New York Av B44
    120 feet
    B44

Next buses at this stop

  1. B44 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on East New York Avenue and Lincoln Road.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Maple St & New York Ave 23 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 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 415 Empire Boulevard Gas station
    1,050 feet
  2. 375 Lefferts Avenue Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    560 feet
  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 16 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 12 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11225
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 9
City Council district
40
Police precinct
71
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Prospect Lefferts Gardens-Wingate
Elevation
47 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 2,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1928 and 1954.

Since 2014 at least 23 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 45 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 35 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2015 and March 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East New York Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING TUESDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-7PM

South side of East New York Avenue

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

North side of Lincoln Road

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

South side of Lincoln Road

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

East side of New York Avenue

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

West side of New York Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 23 public places.

  • 9 religious buildings
  • 8 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 garden
  • 1 library
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. St Francis of Assisi Catholic Aca School
    420 feet
  2. All My Children Day Care & Nursery School Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    490 feet
  3. Crown Multi-Educ SVCS Leffert School
    520 feet
Show all 10
  1. Chabad Girls Academy High School
    580 feet
  2. Beth Rivkah School
    670 feet
  3. Crown Multi-Educ Serv-Head Start School
    670 feet
  4. Children's Paradise Day Care Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    690 feet
  5. Bnos Chomesh Academy School
    930 feet
  6. M.S. 061 Dr. Gladstone H. Atwell School
    950 feet
  7. Darchai Menachem School
    1,230 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Marc And Jason's Playground
    920 feet
  2. Lincoln Road Garden
    1,280 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Crown Heights Library
    300 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Beth David David Gershon Shul House of worship
    1,050 feet
  2. Church of God of Prophecy House of worship
    1,250 feet

Fire and police

  1. 71st Precinct Police station
    1,110 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 14 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 nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East New York Avenue, Lincoln Road or New York Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, 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.