Newkirk Avenue & Marlborough Road

Newkirk Avenue and Marlborough Road meet at a four-way crossing in Flatbush (West)-Ditmas Park-Parkville, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Peace Academy is 1,180 feet away. The nearest subway, Newkirk Plaza, is about a minute on foot, for the B and Q. Within a five-minute walk are four public places, two of them schools, and 18 places to eat. About 1,600 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1931 and 1933, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
1 hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Newkirk Plaza
310 feet · 1 min on foot · B, Q
Nearest bus stop
530 feet
Foster Av/Marlborough Rd · B8
Within a walk
4 places
2 schools, 1 day care or pre-K site and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Newkirk Avenue & Marlborough Road Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Newkirk Plaza, 310 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Newkirk Plaza B, Q
    310 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. Cortelyou Rd Q
    0.4 miles
    Q
  2. 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/Marlborough Rd, 530 feet away, for the B8.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Foster Av/Marlborough Rd B8 · Shelter
    530 feet
    B8
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B8 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 20 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 16 St & Cortelyou Rd 26 docks in all
    0.5 miles

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. 3701 18th Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 1170 Ocean Avenue Charging for electric cars, eight Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 2699 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    2.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2023.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, May 2023
  • Leading pedestrian interval, June 2023

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11226
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
29 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. 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 51 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 49 signs on these blocks
  • 21 different rules
  • 6 active meters
  • 4 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2018 and January 2025; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 9am to 7pm on Newkirk Avenue (south side).

East side of Marlborough Road

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 8AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of Marlborough Road

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 8AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 8AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM

North side of Newkirk Avenue

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 8AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 309762, 332216, 333052 and 336162.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 145 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Colonial Revival, and mostly built between 1905 and 1912.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Four public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 religious building

Schools and child care

  1. Nayema Universal Child Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,050 feet
  2. Peace Academy School
    1,180 feet
  3. P.S. 217 Colonel David Marcus School
    1,200 feet

Bank branches

  1. Santander Bank Bank branch
    630 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    700 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    430 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    110 feet
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 18 places to eat and 22 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Marlborough Road or Newkirk Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, 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, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.