New York Avenue & Empire Boulevard

New York Avenue and Empire Boulevard meet at a four-way crossing in Crown Heights (South), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 37 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. In 2026, 393 red-light camera tickets were recorded here through July 26. It is 260 feet to the 71st Precinct, and Crown Heights Library is 1,150 feet away. The nearest subway, Sterling St, is about four minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are 19 public places, eight of them schools, and 19 places to eat.

Safety record
8 hurt
37 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Sterling St
1,030 feet · 4 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
70 feet
New York Av/Empire BL · B44, B96
Within a walk
19 places
8 schools, 5 religious buildings and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
New York Avenue & Empire Boulevard Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Sterling St, 1,030 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Sterling St 2, 5
    1,030 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. President St-Medgar Evers College 2, 5
    0.4 miles
    2 5

Bus

The nearest bus stop is New York Av/Empire BL, 70 feet away, for the B44 and B96.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. New York Av/Empire BL B44, B96 · Shelter
    70 feet
    B44 B96
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B44 …
  2. B96 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Empire Boulevard.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Empire Blvd & New York Ave 23 docks in all
    130 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. 415 Empire Boulevard Gas station
    190 feet
  2. 375 Lefferts Avenue Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 37 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, January 2020
  • Turn calming, September 2022

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2026 so far, through July 26, 393 red-light camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner.

Every corner with red-light camera tickets

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11225
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 9
City Council district
35 and 40 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
71
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Crown Heights (South)
Elevation
69 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to three travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 2,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 13 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 34 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the 'Bloodgood' London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 36 signs on these blocks
  • 14 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2017 and July 2026; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Empire Boulevard

  • Ambulances only 2 signs AMBULANCE ONLY
  • Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AVO POLICE DEPARTMENT
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Empire Boulevard

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 6AM-7PM

East side of New York Avenue

  • Authorized vehicles only 3 signs AVO POLICE DEPARTMENT
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nineteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. M.S. 061 Dr. Gladstone H. Atwell School
    310 feet
  2. Crown Multi-Educ SVCS Leffert School
    440 feet
  3. All My Children Day Care & Nursery School Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    770 feet
Show all 10
  1. P.S. 161 the Crown School
    1,170 feet
  2. Success Academy Charter School - Crown Heights School
    1,170 feet
  3. Beth Rivkah School
    1,210 feet
  4. Crown Multi-Educ Serv-Head Start School
    1,210 feet
  5. Crown Multi-Educ Services Preschool
    1,280 feet
  6. Beth Rivkah High School
    1,280 feet
  7. St Francis of Assisi Catholic Aca School
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Marc And Jason's Playground
    320 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Crown Heights Library
    1,150 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Beth David David Gershon Shul House of worship
    200 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. James E Davis Post Office
    990 feet

Fire and police

  1. 71st Precinct Police station
    260 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    860 feet

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 19 places to eat and 12 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Empire Boulevard or New York Avenue.

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