Nostrand Avenue & Carroll Street

Nostrand Avenue and Carroll Street meet at a four-way crossing in Crown Heights (South), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 12 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Medgar Evers College Preparatory School is 150 feet away. The nearest subway, President St-Medgar Evers College, is about a minute on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 17 public places, six of them religious buildings, and 24 places to eat. A bus lane runs along Nostrand Avenue, 7am to 10am and 4pm to 7pm.

Safety record
12 hurt
12 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
President St-Medgar Evers College
390 feet · 1 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
120 feet
Nostrand Av/Carroll St · B44, B96
Within a walk
17 places
6 religious buildings, 5 schools and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Nostrand Avenue & Carroll Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is President St-Medgar Evers College, 390 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. President St-Medgar Evers College 2, 5
    390 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. Nostrand Av 3
    1,000 feet
    3
  2. Sterling St 2, 5
    0.3 miles
    2 5

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Nostrand Av/Carroll St, 120 feet away, for the B44 and B96.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Nostrand Av/Carroll St B44, B96 · Shelter
    120 feet
    B44 B96
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B44 …
  2. B96 …

Live arrivals

Nostrand Avenue carries a bus lane, 7am to 10am and 4pm to 7pm on weekdays.

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. President St & Nostrand Ave 28 docks in all
    370 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 2.2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 415 Empire Boulevard Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 375 Lefferts Avenue Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 12 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, July 2021

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11225
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 9
City Council district
35
Police precinct
71
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Crown Heights (South)
Elevation
115 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,500 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 1916 and 1931.

Since 2014 at least 33 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 39 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 52 signs on these blocks
  • 15 different rules
  • 5 active meters
  • 3 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2014 and March 2025; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Carroll Street

  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Carroll Street

  • Metered parking 6 signs 6 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 9AM-10PM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY TUESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-9AM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

East side of Nostrand Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY NOON-4PM SATURDAY 8AM-7PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING SATURDAY 7:30AM-8AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM 4PM-7PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM 4PM-7PM SATURDAY 7:30AM-8AM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 10AM-NOON

West side of Nostrand Avenue

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

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 334608, 337008 and 338080.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seventeen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 5 schools
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 playground
  • 1 post office

Schools and child care

  1. Medgar Evers College Preparatory School
    150 feet
  2. Ella Baker / Charles Romain Child Development Center of Medgar Evers Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    410 feet
  3. Beth Rivkah High School
    670 feet
Show all 8
  1. Crown Multi-Educ Services Preschool
    670 feet
  2. P.S. 161 the Crown School
    880 feet
  3. Success Academy Charter School - Crown Heights School
    880 feet
  4. M a C a D E M Y School · preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,150 feet
  5. Bambi Day Care Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,230 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Dodger Playground
    1,150 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Philadelphia Sabbath Cathedral Listed historic place
    800 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. James E Davis Post Office
    1,170 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,190 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 24 places to eat and 13 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Carroll Street or Nostrand Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, 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.