New York Avenue & Maple Street

New York Avenue and Maple Street meet at a four-way crossing in Prospect Lefferts Gardens-Wingate, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 12 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Crown Heights Library is 130 feet away. The nearest subway, Sterling St, is about six minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are 24 public places, nine of them religious buildings, and 15 places to eat. About 2,200 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
13 hurt
12 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Sterling St
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
300 feet
New York Av/Midwood St · B44
Within a walk
24 places
9 religious buildings, 9 schools and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
New York Avenue & Maple Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Sterling St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six 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
    0.4 miles
    2 5

Bus

The nearest bus stop is New York Av/Midwood St, 300 feet away, for the B44.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. New York Av/Midwood St B44
    300 feet
    B44

Next buses at this stop

  1. B44 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Maple Street.

  • 10 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
    60 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 1.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 415 Empire Boulevard Gas station
    1,320 feet
  2. 375 Lefferts Avenue Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    830 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 12 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 13 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 September 2025.

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
45 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 42 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 45 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2015 and March 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Maple Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Maple Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

East side of New York Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

West side of New York Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 24 public places.

  • 9 religious buildings
  • 9 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 library
  • 1 park

Schools and child care

  1. Children's Paradise Day Care Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    420 feet
  2. St Francis of Assisi Catholic Aca School
    690 feet
  3. All My Children Day Care & Nursery School Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    760 feet
Show all 11
  1. Crown Multi-Educ SVCS Leffert School
    790 feet
  2. Chabad Girls Academy High School
    850 feet
  3. Beth Rivkah School
    940 feet
  4. Crown Multi-Educ Serv-Head Start School
    940 feet
  5. Darchai Menachem School
    960 feet
  6. Bnos Chomesh Academy School
    1,040 feet
  7. P.S. 397 Foster-Laurie School
    1,160 feet
  8. M.S. 061 Dr. Gladstone H. Atwell School
    1,220 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Marc And Jason's Playground
    1,190 feet
  2. Wingate Park
    1,200 feet
  3. Wingate Park Playground
    1,210 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Crown Heights Library
    130 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Church of God of Prophecy House of worship
    980 feet
  2. St Gabriels Episcopal Church House of worship
    1,260 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 15 places to eat and 12 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 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Maple Street 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.