Newkirk Avenue & Argyle Road

Newkirk Avenue and Argyle Road meet at a four-way crossing in Flatbush (West)-Ditmas Park-Parkville, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Peace Academy is 620 feet away. The nearest subway, Newkirk Plaza, is about three minutes on foot, for the B and Q. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, three of them religious buildings, and 27 places to eat. About 1,700 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1931 and 1933, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
4 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Newkirk Plaza
880 feet · 3 min on foot · B, Q
Nearest bus stop
610 feet
Foster Av/Argyle Rd · B8
Within a walk
10 places
3 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Newkirk Avenue & Argyle Road Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Newkirk Plaza, 880 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Newkirk Plaza B, Q
    880 feet
    B Q

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
2 lines
  1. B …
  2. Q …
Southbound
2 lines
  1. B …
  2. Q …

Also within a walk

  1. Ave H Q
    0.5 miles
    Q

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Transit Skylight” (1988) by David Wilson at the Newkirk Plaza station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Foster Av/Argyle Rd, 610 feet away, for the B8.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Foster Av/Argyle Rd B8
    610 feet
    B8

Next buses at this stop

  1. B8 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Argyle Road.

  • 39 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Cortelyou Rd & Argyle Rd 25 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, 1.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 3701 18th Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 581 Ocean Parkway Charging for electric cars, 13 Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 2699 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    2.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11230
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 14
City Council district
40 and 45 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
70
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Flatbush (West)-Ditmas Park-Parkville
Elevation
25 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 1,700 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 1931 and 1933.

Since 2014 at least 9 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 78 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 38 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2015 and May 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Argyle Road

  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of Argyle Road

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

North side of Newkirk Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 6 signs NO STANDING MAY-JULY SUNDAY 11AM-8PM

South side of Newkirk Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING MAY-JULY SUNDAY 11AM-8PM

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 35 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Queen Anne, and mostly built between 1905 and 1906.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 schools
  • 2 trade or language schools
  • 1 garden

Schools and child care

  1. Nayema Universal Child Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    480 feet
  2. Peace Academy School
    620 feet
  3. P.S. 217 Colonel David Marcus School
    630 feet
Show all 6
  1. Inst for Career Training & Developme Trade or language school
    1,070 feet
  2. Snapdragon Place Pre-K
    1,070 feet
  3. Manhattan School of Computer Technol Trade or language school
    1,070 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Newkirk Community Garden
    1,280 feet

Bank branches

  1. Santander Bank Bank branch
    1,200 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    1,260 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    1,000 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    560 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 27 places to eat and 31 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Argyle Road or Newkirk 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.