Nostrand Avenue & Lefferts Avenue

Nostrand Avenue and Lefferts Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Prospect Lefferts Gardens-Wingate, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 23 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Marc And Jason's Playground is 520 feet away, and Dodger Playground is 1,210 feet away. The nearest subway, Sterling St, is about a minute on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are 16 public places, five of them religious buildings, and 34 places to eat. A bus lane runs along Nostrand Avenue, 7am to 7pm.

Safety record
18 hurt
23 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Sterling St
360 feet · 1 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
140 feet
Nostrand Av/Lefferts Av · B44, B96
Within a walk
16 places
5 religious buildings, 3 schools and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Nostrand Avenue & Lefferts Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Sterling St, 360 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Sterling St 2, 5
    360 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. Winthrop St 2, 5
    0.4 miles
    2 5
  2. President St-Medgar Evers College 2, 5
    0.4 miles
    2 5

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Nostrand Av/Lefferts Av, 140 feet away, for the B44 and B96.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Nostrand Av/Lefferts Av B44, B96
    140 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

  • 14 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
    320 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 1.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 240 Empire Boulevard Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 375 Lefferts Avenue Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    550 feet
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 23 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 18 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 4 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, July 2021
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, May 2023
  • Turn calming, September 2024
  • Barnes Dance all-way crossing, undated in the City's record

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
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 2,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1920 and 1931.

Since 2014 at least 18 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 46 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2016 and May 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Lefferts Avenue

  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of Lefferts Avenue

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

East side of Nostrand Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 10AM-4PM SATURDAY 8AM-7PM
  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING SATURDAY 8AM-7PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING SATURDAY 7:30AM-8AM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM 4PM-7PM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 10AM-4PM

West side of Nostrand Avenue

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 2PM-7PM SATURDAY 8:30AM-7PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8:30AM-2PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 306154 and 332235.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 117 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as neo-Renaissance, and mostly built between 1905 and 1910.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Sixteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 gardens
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. St Francis of Assisi Catholic Aca School
    810 feet
  2. The Hollow Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    860 feet
  3. All My Children Day Care & Nursery School Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,010 feet
Show all 5
  1. M.S. 061 Dr. Gladstone H. Atwell School
    1,040 feet
  2. Crown Multi-Educ SVCS Leffert School
    1,040 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Marc And Jason's Playground
    520 feet
  2. Lincoln Road Garden
    760 feet
  3. Maple Street Community Garden
    1,050 feet
Show all 4
  1. Dodger Playground
    1,210 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Prospect Lefferts Gardens Historic District Listed historic place
    1,020 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. James E Davis Post Office
    700 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    640 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 34 places to eat and 19 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Lefferts Avenue 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.