New York Avenue & Lenox Road

New York Avenue and Lenox Road meet at a four-way crossing in East Flatbush-Erasmus, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 17 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Lenox Rd Baptist Church is 1,000 feet away. The nearest subway, Winthrop St, is about six minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, three of them day care or pre-K sites, and seven places to eat. About 2,400 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
16 hurt
17 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Winthrop St
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
New York Av/Lenox Rd · B44
Within a walk
9 places
3 day care or pre-K sites, 2 religious buildings and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
New York Avenue & Lenox Road Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Winthrop 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. Church Av 2, 5
    0.4 miles
    2 5

Bus

The nearest bus stop is New York Av/Lenox Rd, 110 feet away, for the B44.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B44 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. New York Ave & Lenox Rd 24 docks in all
    100 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
    760 feet
  2. 395 Lenox Road Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    120 feet
  3. 2699 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    2.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 17 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, November 2021

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11203
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 17
City Council district
40
Police precinct
67
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East Flatbush-Erasmus
Elevation
55 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 2,400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 261 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

Twenty trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 63 signs on these blocks
  • 13 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2017 and September 2023; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Lenox Road

  • Ambulances only 2 signs AMBULANCE ONLY
  • Back-in parking only 10 signs BACK IN 90 DEG PARKING ONLY
  • Doctor plates only 2 signs DOCTOR LICENSE PLATES ONLY 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Electric vehicle charging only 2 signs ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING ONLY
  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 8 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Lenox Road

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of New York Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 college
  • 1 hospital
  • 1 playground
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. Elite Early Childhood Learning Center Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    360 feet
  2. Kareful and Karefree Training School Trade or language school
    380 feet
  3. The Children's Center at SUNY Brooklyn Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    710 feet
Show all 5
  1. SUNY Downstate Health Sciences Univ. College
    760 feet
  2. Pre-School Minds Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Rolph Henry Playground
    510 feet

Health care

  1. University Hospital of Brooklyn Hospital
    760 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Lenox Rd Baptist Church House of worship
    1,000 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    1,060 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles
  2. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are seven 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, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Lenox Road 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.