Nostrand Avenue & Avenue D

Nostrand Avenue and Avenue D meet at a four-way crossing in East Flatbush-Erasmus, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 32 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. In 2025, 2,700 bus-lane camera tickets were recorded here. Flatbush Ascend CS MS is 120 feet away. The nearest subway, Newkirk Av-Little Haiti, is about two minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 17 places to eat. A bus lane runs along Nostrand Avenue, 7am to 7pm.

Safety record
17 hurt
32 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Newkirk Av-Little Haiti
420 feet · 2 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
50 feet
Avenue D/Nostrand Av · B8
Within a walk
15 places
7 religious buildings, 4 schools and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Nostrand Avenue & Avenue D Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Newkirk Av-Little Haiti, 420 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Newkirk Av-Little Haiti 2, 5
    420 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
    0.3 miles
    2 5

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Avenue D/Nostrand Av, 50 feet away, for the B8.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Avenue D/Nostrand Av B8 · Shelter
    50 feet
    B8
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B8 …

Live arrivals

Nostrand Avenue carries a bus lane, 7am to 7pm on weekdays.

Cycling

  • 34 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Beverley Rd & Nostrand Ave 25 docks in all
    0.3 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. 1092 Rogers Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 1170 Ocean Avenue Charging for electric cars, eight Level 2 chargers
    0.9 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 32 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 17 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 5 of those hurt, on foot
  • 3 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, July 2021
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, July 2025
  • Turn calming, July 2025

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 2,700 bus-lane camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 68th most of the 174 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 3, 921 more were issued.

Every corner with bus-lane camera tickets

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
22 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 2,400 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 1950.

Since 2014 at least 23 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 33 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the American basswood and the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 48 signs on these blocks
  • 17 different rules
  • 8 active meters
  • 5 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2019 and February 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 8:30am to 7pm on Nostrand Avenue (west side).

North side of Avenue D

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY TUESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY 8AM-8:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

South side of Avenue D

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Carshare only 1 sign CARSHARE PARKING ONLY OTHERS NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY TUESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY 7:30AM-8AM

East side of Nostrand Avenue

  • Metered parking 6 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 10AM-4PM SATURDAY 8AM-7PM
  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY NOON-4PM SATURDAY 8AM-7PM
  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING SATURDAY 8AM-7PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING 7AM-10AM 4PM-7PM SATURDAY 7:30AM-8AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 306338, 310857, 313407, 331779 and 336793.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 4 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 playground
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. Flatbush Ascend CS MS School
    120 feet
  2. Flatbush Haitian Center Trade or language school
    550 feet
  3. Central Brooklyn Ascend Charter Middle School
    550 feet
Show all 7
  1. Success Academy East Flatbush Charter Middle School
    640 feet
  2. The Friends of Crown Heights Educational Centers Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    830 feet
  3. Friends of Crown Heights Educational Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    830 feet
  4. Central Brooklyn Ascend Charter School
    1,040 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Nostrand Playground
    910 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Jeromes Church House of worship
    430 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    330 feet

Supermarkets

  1. The Meat Place Supermarket
    510 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    610 feet
  3. CTown Supermarket
    720 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 17 places to eat and 20 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Avenue D or Nostrand Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC Finance, NYC DOT, MTA, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, 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.