New York Avenue & Newkirk Avenue

New York Avenue and Newkirk Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in East Flatbush-Farragut, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 20 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Success Academy East Flatbush Charter Middle School is 520 feet away, and Central Brooklyn Ascend Charter Middle School is 1,010 feet away. The nearest subway, Newkirk Av-Little Haiti, is about three minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, five of them religious buildings, and ten places to eat.

Safety record
10 hurt
20 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Newkirk Av-Little Haiti
760 feet · 3 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
330 feet
New York Av/Avenue D · B44, B96
Within a walk
13 places
5 religious buildings, 3 schools and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
New York Avenue & Newkirk Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Newkirk Av-Little Haiti, 760 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Newkirk Av-Little Haiti 2, 5
    760 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. Beverly Rd 2, 5
    0.5 miles
    2 5

Bus

The nearest bus stop is New York Av/Avenue D, 330 feet away, for the B44 and B96.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. New York Av/Avenue D B44, B96
    330 feet
    B44 B96

Next buses at this stop

  1. B44 …
  2. B96 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 7 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Cortelyou Rd & E 34 St 19 docks in all
    0.4 miles

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 2.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1092 Rogers Avenue Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 395 Lenox Road Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    1 mile
  3. 2699 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 20 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11203
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 17
City Council district
45
Police precinct
67
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East Flatbush-Farragut
Elevation
21 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1937 and 1950.

Since 2014 at least 43 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 43 trees within 330 feet.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2017 and September 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of New York Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

West side of New York Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

North side of Newkirk Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

South side of Newkirk Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 9 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

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 playground
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. Success Academy East Flatbush Charter Middle School
    520 feet
  2. Flatbush Haitian Center Trade or language school
    1,010 feet
  3. Central Brooklyn Ascend Charter Middle School
    1,010 feet
Show all 6
  1. Flatbush Ascend CS MS School
    1,150 feet
  2. The Friends of Crown Heights Educational Centers Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,280 feet
  3. Friends of Crown Heights Educational Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Nostrand Playground
    830 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Jeromes Church House of worship
    940 feet
  2. Clarendon Road Church House of worship
    1,170 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 3304 Clarendon Road Older adult center
    1,180 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    820 feet

Supermarkets

  1. The Meat Place Supermarket
    960 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    1,070 feet
  3. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are ten 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 nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along New York Avenue or Newkirk 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.