Newkirk Avenue & East 25th Street

Newkirk Avenue and East 25th Street meet at a four-way crossing in East Flatbush-Erasmus, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. St Jeromes Church is 1,210 feet away. The nearest subway, Newkirk Av-Little Haiti, is about five minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and 18 places to eat. About 2,200 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1912 and 1934, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
3 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Newkirk Av-Little Haiti
1,290 feet · 5 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
500 feet
Foster Av/Flatbush Av · B8, B49
Within a walk
13 places
8 religious buildings, 4 day care or pre-K sites and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Newkirk Avenue & East 25th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Newkirk Av-Little Haiti, 1,290 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Newkirk Av-Little Haiti 2, 5
    1,290 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 Foster Av/Flatbush Av, 500 feet away, for the B8 and B49.

  • 14 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Foster Av/Flatbush Av B8, B49
    500 feet
    B8 B49

Next buses at this stop

  1. B8 …
  2. B49 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 28 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Bedford Ave & Beverley Rd 24 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, 2.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1261 Flatbush Avenue Gas station
    1,090 feet
  2. 1170 Ocean Avenue Charging for electric cars, eight Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 2699 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.6 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.

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11226
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 17
City Council district
45
Police precinct
67
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East Flatbush-Erasmus
Elevation
29 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1912 and 1934.

Since 2014 at least 64 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 75 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the littleleaf linden.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2019 and April 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of East 25th Street

  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

West side of East 25th Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-5PM

North side of Newkirk Avenue

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

South side of Newkirk Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 34 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Renaissance Revival, and built between 1909 and 1912.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 8 religious buildings
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. New Generation Elementary School
    270 feet
  2. New Generation Learning Center School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    400 feet
  3. The Reggio Emilia Montessori Center Pre-K
    430 feet
Show all 5
  1. Friends of Crown Heights Educational Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    850 feet
  2. The Friends of Crown Heights Educational Centers Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    860 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Jeromes Church House of worship
    1,210 feet

Supermarkets

  1. The Meat Place Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. CTown Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 18 places to eat and 16 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 15 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 25th Street 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.