New York Avenue & Winthrop Street

New York Avenue and Winthrop Street meet at a four-way crossing in Prospect Lefferts Gardens-Wingate, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 28 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Wingate Park is 770 feet away. The nearest subway, Winthrop St, is about three minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places, five of them religious buildings, and 15 places to eat. About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
15 hurt
28 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Winthrop St
760 feet · 3 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
New York Av/Winthrop St · B44, B96
Within a walk
15 places
5 religious buildings, 3 schools and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
New York Avenue & Winthrop Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Winthrop St, 760 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Winthrop St 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 …

Bus

The nearest bus stop is New York Av/Winthrop St, 110 feet away, for the B44 and B96.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. New York Av/Winthrop St B44, B96
    110 feet
    B44 B96

Next buses at this stop

  1. B44 …
  2. B96 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. New York Ave & Hawthorne St 20 docks in all
    260 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
    500 feet
  2. 395 Lenox Road Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    1,200 feet
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    2.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 28 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11203
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 9
City Council district
40
Police precinct
71
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Prospect Lefferts Gardens-Wingate
Elevation
53 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 96 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 39 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 51 signs on these blocks
  • 15 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2015 and December 2025; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of New York Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM

West side of New York Avenue

  • Authorized vehicles only 3 signs AVO DEPT OF SANITATION
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

North side of Winthrop Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

South side of Winthrop Street

  • Ambulances only 2 signs AMBULANCE ONLY
  • Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AVO POLICE DEPARTMENT
  • Doctor plates only 2 signs DOCTOR LICENSE PLATES ONLY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 ambulance station
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Children's Paradise Day Care Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    940 feet
  2. P.S. 397 Foster-Laurie School
    970 feet
  3. Mary Bobb Learning Academy School
    1,100 feet
Show all 4
  1. Darchai Menachem School
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Rolph Henry Playground
    520 feet
  2. Wingate Park
    770 feet
  3. Wingate Park Playground
    1,290 feet

Health care

  1. Kings County Hospital Center Hospital
    920 feet
  2. EMS Station 38 Ambulance station
    1,180 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Gabriels Episcopal Church House of worship
    560 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 331 Hawthorne Street Older adult center
    870 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    880 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    970 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 15 places to eat and nine 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 corners on foot, six of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along New York Avenue or Winthrop Street.

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, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.