Nostrand Avenue & Hawthorne Street

Nostrand Avenue and Hawthorne Street meet at a four-way crossing in Prospect Lefferts Gardens-Wingate, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 15 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. St Gabriels Episcopal Church is 380 feet away, and Parkside Preparatory Academy is 1,020 feet away. The nearest subway, Winthrop St, is about a minute on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 26 places to eat. A bus lane runs along Nostrand Avenue, 7am to 7pm.

Safety record
2 hurt
15 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Winthrop St
310 feet · 1 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
120 feet
Nostrand Av/Hawthorne St · B44
Within a walk
15 places
7 religious buildings, 5 schools and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Nostrand Avenue & Hawthorne Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Winthrop St 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. Sterling St 2, 5
    0.4 miles
    2 5
  2. Church Av 2, 5
    0.5 miles
    2 5

Bus

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

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Nostrand Av/Hawthorne St B44
    120 feet
    B44

Next buses at this stop

  1. B44 …

Live arrivals

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

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Winthrop St & Nostrand Ave 24 docks in all
    330 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
    0.3 miles
  2. 625 Rogers Avenue Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    0.4 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 15 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, July 2021
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, January 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
57 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 63 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 47 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2021 and July 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Hawthorne Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of Hawthorne Street

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

East side of Nostrand Avenue

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 10AM-4PM SATURDAY 8AM-7PM
  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 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
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 10AM-4PM

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 335272.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 5 schools
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 playground
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. Mary Bobb Learning Academy School
    330 feet
  2. Gotham Career Institute Center for W Trade or language school
    850 feet
  3. Explore Charter School
    1,020 feet
Show all 6
  1. P.S. K141 School
    1,020 feet
  2. Parkside Preparatory Academy School
    1,020 feet
  3. Lefferts Gardens Montessori School
    1,070 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Winthrop Playground
    1,220 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Gabriels Episcopal Church House of worship
    380 feet
  2. Fenimore St United Methodist Church House of worship
    1,080 feet

Community centers and public services

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

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    340 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    440 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 26 places to eat and 14 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, six of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Hawthorne 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.