Nostrand Avenue & Maple Street

Nostrand Avenue and Maple Street meet at a four-way crossing in Prospect Lefferts Gardens-Wingate, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Maple Street Community Garden is 590 feet away, and St Gabriels Episcopal Church is 1,210 feet away. The nearest subway, Sterling St, is about three minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are 16 public places, five of them religious buildings, and 33 places to eat. A bus lane runs along Nostrand Avenue, 7am to 7pm.

Safety record
5 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Sterling St
920 feet · 3 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
Nostrand Av/Maple St · B44
Within a walk
16 places
5 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Nostrand Avenue & Maple Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Sterling St, 920 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Sterling St 2, 5
    920 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
    0.3 miles
    2 5

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Nostrand Av/Maple St, 110 feet away, for the B44.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B44 …

Live arrivals

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

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Maple Street.

  • 16 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
    510 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 1.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 415 Empire Boulevard Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 375 Lefferts Avenue Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 5 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in July 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, September 2016
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, April 2021

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
54 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,400 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 43 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 63 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the littleleaf linden.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2015 and June 2024; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Maple Street

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Maple Street

  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

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 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING SATURDAY 7:30AM-8AM
  • No standing 6 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 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 2PM-7PM SATURDAY 8:30AM-7PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 310853 and 312868.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 53 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as neo-Renaissance, and mostly built in 1905.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Sixteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 gardens
  • 2 schools
  • 1 fire station
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. St Francis of Assisi Catholic Aca School
    800 feet
  2. Mary Bobb Learning Academy School
    990 feet
  3. Collective Play Ground Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,190 feet
Show all 4
  1. Children's Paradise Day Care Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,220 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Lincoln Road Garden
    550 feet
  2. Maple Street Community Garden
    590 feet
  3. Marc And Jason's Playground
    1,080 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Crown Heights Library
    780 feet
  2. Prospect Lefferts Gardens Historic District Listed historic place
    1,190 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Gabriels Episcopal Church House of worship
    1,210 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. James E Davis Post Office
    1,260 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 249/Ladder 113 Fire station
    850 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,200 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 33 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 Maple 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.