Nostrand Avenue & Empire Boulevard

Nostrand Avenue and Empire Boulevard meet at a four-way crossing in Crown Heights (South), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 36 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. James E Davis Post Office is 210 feet away. The nearest subway, Sterling St, is about a minute on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 18 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and 29 places to eat. A bus lane runs along Nostrand Avenue, 7am to 7pm.

Safety record
21 hurt
36 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Sterling St
250 feet · 1 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
120 feet
Empire Blvd/Nostrand Av · B43
Within a walk
18 places
8 religious buildings, 4 schools and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Nostrand Avenue & Empire Boulevard Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Sterling St, 250 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Empire Blvd/Nostrand Av, 120 feet away, for the B43.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Empire Blvd/Nostrand Av B43 · Shelter
    120 feet
    B43
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B43 …

Live arrivals

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

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Empire Boulevard.

  • 28 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Sterling St & Nostrand Ave 23 docks in all
    310 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 415 Empire Boulevard Gas station
    750 feet
  2. 375 Lefferts Avenue Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    1,120 feet
  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 36 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 20 people injured
  • 1 person killed
  • 10 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, September 2016
  • Turn calming, May 2022

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11225
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 9
City Council district
35 and 40 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
71
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Crown Heights (South)
Elevation
71 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,100 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 1925 and 1954.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 64 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 51 signs on these blocks
  • 17 different rules
  • 4 active meters
  • 3 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2018 and June 2026; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Empire Boulevard

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AUTHORIZED VEHICLES ONLY US POSTAL SERVICE
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING 8AM-8PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

South side of Empire Boulevard

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

East side of Nostrand Avenue

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

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 304052, 330971 and 333382.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 104 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as neo-Renaissance, and mostly built between 1905 and 1910.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eighteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 8 religious buildings
  • 4 schools
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 police station
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. M.S. 061 Dr. Gladstone H. Atwell School
    630 feet
  2. Daisley Institute Trade or language school
    940 feet
  3. Crown Multi-Educ Services Preschool
    1,210 feet
Show all 6
  1. Beth Rivkah High School
    1,210 feet
  2. Crown Multi-Educ SVCS Leffert School
    1,220 feet
  3. Medgar Evers College Preparatory School
    1,250 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Marc And Jason's Playground
    250 feet
  2. Dodger Playground
    650 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Beth David David Gershon Shul House of worship
    770 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. James E Davis Post Office
    210 feet

Fire and police

  1. 71st Precinct Police station
    1,040 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    80 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Western Beef Supermarket
    0.5 miles
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 29 places to eat and 18 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Empire Boulevard 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.