Nostrand Avenue & Cortelyou Road

Nostrand Avenue and Cortelyou Road meet at a four-way crossing in East Flatbush-Erasmus, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 16 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Flatbush Ascend CS MS is 1,270 feet away. The nearest subway, Beverly Rd, is about a minute on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, nine of them religious buildings, and 14 places to eat. A bus lane runs along Nostrand Avenue, 7am to 7pm.

Safety record
11 hurt
16 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Beverly Rd
310 feet · 1 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
160 feet
Nostrand Av/Beverly Rd · B44, B96
Within a walk
12 places
9 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Nostrand Avenue & Cortelyou Road Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Beverly Rd 2, 5
    310 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. Newkirk Av-Little Haiti 2, 5
    0.3 miles
    2 5
  2. Church Av 2, 5
    0.4 miles
    2 5

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Nostrand Av/Beverly Rd, 160 feet away, for the B44 and B96.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Nostrand Av/Beverly Rd B44, B96
    160 feet
    B44 B96

Next buses at this stop

  1. B44 …
  2. B96 …

Live arrivals

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

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Beverley Rd & Nostrand Ave 25 docks in all
    280 feet

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. 395 Lenox Road Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.9 miles
  3. 2699 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 16 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 11 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 May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, July 2021

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11226
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 17
City Council district
40 and 45 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
67
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East Flatbush-Erasmus
Elevation
34 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1910 and 1931.

Since 2014 at least 27 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 48 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Kentucky coffeetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 30 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules
  • 3 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2017 and March 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Cortelyou Road

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

South side of Cortelyou Road

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Nostrand Avenue

  • Metered parking 5 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 10AM-4PM SATURDAY 8AM-7PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING SATURDAY 7:30AM-8AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING 7AM-10AM 4PM-7PM SATURDAY 7:30AM-8AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM 4PM-7PM

West side of Nostrand Avenue

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 307116 and 313388.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 9 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Garden of Knowledge Day Care & Learning Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    480 feet
  2. Big Dreams Child Care Center II Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,220 feet
  3. Flatbush Ascend CS MS School
    1,270 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Clarendon Road Church House of worship
    1,300 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    620 feet
  2. The Meat Place Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 14 places to eat and 15 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 14 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Cortelyou Road 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, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.