Nostrand Avenue & Fenimore Street

Nostrand Avenue and Fenimore Street meet at a four-way crossing in Prospect Lefferts Gardens-Wingate, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Mary Bobb Learning Academy is 210 feet away. The nearest subway, Winthrop St, is about two minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are 16 public places, nine of them religious buildings, and 29 places to eat. A bus lane runs along Nostrand Avenue, 7am to 7pm.

Safety record
9 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Winthrop St
630 feet · 2 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
160 feet
Nostrand Av/Rutland Rd · B44
Within a walk
16 places
9 religious buildings, 3 schools and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Nostrand Avenue & Fenimore Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Winthrop St, 630 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Winthrop St 2, 5
    630 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
    0.3 miles
    2 5

Bus

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

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Nostrand Av/Rutland Rd B44
    160 feet
    B44

Next buses at this stop

  1. B44 …

Live arrivals

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

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Nostrand Ave & Rutland Rd 20 docks in all
    300 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 1.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 720 New York Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 625 Rogers Avenue Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 2699 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    2.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 9 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 November 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, July 2021
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, February 2025

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11225
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 9
City Council district
40
Police precinct
71
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Prospect Lefferts Gardens-Wingate
Elevation
58 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1915 and 1941.

Since 2014 at least 55 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 43 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 44 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules
  • 4 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

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

North side of Fenimore Street

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of Fenimore Street

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

East side of Nostrand Avenue

  • Metered parking 5 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 10AM-4PM SATURDAY 8AM-7PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING SATURDAY 7:30AM-8AM
  • No standing 5 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

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 307412 and 333916.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Sixteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 9 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. Mary Bobb Learning Academy School
    210 feet
  2. Lefferts Gardens Montessori School
    850 feet
  3. Gotham Career Institute Center for W Trade or language school
    1,160 feet
Show all 6
  1. Children's Paradise Day Care Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,160 feet
  2. P.S. 397 Foster-Laurie School
    1,190 feet
  3. Collective Play Ground Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,200 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Gabriels Episcopal Church House of worship
    430 feet
  2. Fenimore St United Methodist Church House of worship
    910 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 331 Hawthorne Street Older adult center
    680 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    660 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    750 feet

Food stores and places to eat

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

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

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