New York Avenue & Malbone Street

New York Avenue and Malbone Street meet at a three-way junction in Crown Heights (South), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Beth David David Gershon Shul is 90 feet away. The nearest subway, Sterling St, is about four minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 17 public places, six of them religious buildings, and 18 places to eat. About 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Sterling St
1,150 feet · 4 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
190 feet
New York Av/Empire BL · B44, B96
Within a walk
17 places
6 religious buildings, 5 schools and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
New York Avenue & Malbone Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Sterling St, 1,150 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Sterling St 2, 5
    1,150 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
  2. Nostrand Av 3
    0.5 miles
    3

Bus

The nearest bus stop is New York Av/Empire BL, 190 feet away, for the B44 and B96.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B44 …
  2. B96 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 1 bicycle rack within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Empire Blvd & New York Ave 23 docks in all
    250 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 2.2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 415 Empire Boulevard Gas station
    150 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 eight crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11225
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 9
City Council district
35
Police precinct
71
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Crown Heights (South)
Elevation
73 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,100 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 29 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 11 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2018 and February 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Malbone Street

  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Malbone Street

  • Authorized vehicles only 3 signs AVO POLICE DEPARTMENT
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of New York Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seventeen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 5 schools
  • 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
    430 feet
  2. Crown Multi-Educ SVCS Leffert School
    560 feet
  3. All My Children Day Care & Nursery School Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    890 feet
Show all 7
  1. P.S. 161 the Crown School
    1,050 feet
  2. Success Academy Charter School - Crown Heights School
    1,050 feet
  3. Crown Multi-Educ Services Preschool
    1,160 feet
  4. Beth Rivkah High School
    1,160 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Marc And Jason's Playground
    440 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Crown Heights Library
    1,270 feet

Houses of worship

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

Community centers and public services

  1. James E Davis Post Office
    1,110 feet

Fire and police

  1. 71st Precinct Police station
    140 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    970 feet

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 18 places to eat and 11 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 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Malbone Street 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, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.