Nostrand Avenue & Lenox Road

Nostrand Avenue and Lenox Road meet at a four-way crossing in East Flatbush-Erasmus, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 31 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Lenox Rd Baptist Church is 190 feet away, and P.S. K141 is 1,220 feet away. The nearest subway, Winthrop St, is about three minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, three of them schools, and 34 places to eat. A bus lane runs along Nostrand Avenue, 7am to 7pm.

Safety record
19 hurt
31 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Winthrop St
800 feet · 3 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
340 feet
Nostrand Av/Clarkson Av · B44, B44 SBS
Within a walk
8 places
3 schools, 2 trade or language schools and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Nostrand Avenue & Lenox Road Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Winthrop St, 800 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Winthrop St 2, 5
    800 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. Church Av 2, 5
    1,190 feet
    2 5

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Nostrand Av/Clarkson Av, 340 feet away, for the B44 and B44 SBS.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Nostrand Av/Clarkson Av B44, B44 SBS · Shelter
    340 feet
    B44 B44 SBS
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B44 …
  2. B44 SBS …

Live arrivals

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

Cycling

  • 35 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 5 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Clarkson Ave & Nostrand Ave 25 docks in all
    560 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. 395 Lenox Road Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    930 feet
  3. 2699 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    2.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 31 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 19 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot
  • 4 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, July 2021

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11226
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 17
City Council district
40
Police precinct
67
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East Flatbush-Erasmus
Elevation
57 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 4,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 319 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 27 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the sweetgum.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 67 signs on these blocks
  • 11 different rules
  • 6 active meters
  • 3 pay-by-cell zones

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

North side of Lenox Road

  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of Lenox Road

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

East side of Nostrand Avenue

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

West side of Nostrand Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 5 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8:30AM-NOON 2PM-7PM SATURDAY 8:30AM-7PM
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Truck loading only 5 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY NOON-2PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 330326, 336592 and 337139.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 schools
  • 2 trade or language schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 playground
  • 1 religious building

Schools and child care

  1. Elite Early Childhood Learning Center Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    450 feet
  2. Gotham Career Institute Center for W Trade or language school
    870 feet
  3. Kareful and Karefree Training School Trade or language school
    1,180 feet
Show all 6
  1. Explore Charter School
    1,220 feet
  2. P.S. K141 School
    1,220 feet
  3. Parkside Preparatory Academy School
    1,220 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Rolph Henry Playground
    1,170 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Lenox Rd Baptist Church House of worship
    190 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    260 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    1,070 feet
  3. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    910 feet
  2. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 34 places to eat and 22 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, five of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Lenox Road 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.