Nostrand Avenue & Crown Street

Nostrand Avenue and Crown Street meet at a four-way crossing in Crown Heights (South), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 14 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Beth Rivkah High School is 340 feet away. The nearest subway, President St-Medgar Evers College, is about three minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 18 public places, six of them religious buildings, and 30 places to eat. A bus lane runs along Nostrand Avenue, 7am to 10am and 4pm to 7pm.

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

Map

Layers
Nostrand Avenue & Crown Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is President St-Medgar Evers College, 720 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. President St-Medgar Evers College 2, 5
    720 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. Sterling St 2, 5
    1,120 feet
    2 5
  2. Nostrand Av 3
    0.3 miles
    3

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Nostrand Av/Carroll St, 230 feet away, for the B44 and B96.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Nostrand Av/Carroll St B44, B96 · Shelter
    230 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

  • 32 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. President St & Nostrand Ave 28 docks in all
    700 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. 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
    2.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 14 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 12 people injured
  • 1 person 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, September 2016

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
104 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 53 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 50 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the littleleaf linden and the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 54 signs on these blocks
  • 11 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2018 and June 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Crown Street

  • No parking 14 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of Crown Street

  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AUTHORIZED VEHICLES ONLY SCHOOL FACULTY SCHOOL DAYS 6AM-4PM
  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-5PM

East side of Nostrand Avenue

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

West side of Nostrand Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING SATURDAY 8AM-8:30AM
  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM 4PM-7PM
  • Truck loading only 3 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY NOON-2PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 311894.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eighteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Beth Rivkah High School
    340 feet
  2. Crown Multi-Educ Services Preschool
    340 feet
  3. Medgar Evers College Preparatory School
    380 feet
Show all 9
  1. P.S. 161 the Crown School
    550 feet
  2. Success Academy Charter School - Crown Heights School
    550 feet
  3. Ella Baker / Charles Romain Child Development Center of Medgar Evers Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    730 feet
  4. Bambi Day Care Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    910 feet
  5. All My Children Day Care and Nursery 11 Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,050 feet
  6. M.S. 061 Dr. Gladstone H. Atwell School
    1,230 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Dodger Playground
    820 feet
  2. Marc And Jason's Playground
    1,120 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Philadelphia Sabbath Cathedral Listed historic place
    1,130 feet
  2. Beth David David Gershon Shul House of worship
    1,160 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. James E Davis Post Office
    840 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    860 feet

Supermarkets

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 30 places to eat and 17 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 Crown 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.