Nostrand Avenue & Martense Street

Nostrand Avenue and Martense Street meet at a four-way crossing in East Flatbush-Erasmus, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 22 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Lenox Rd Baptist Church is 730 feet away. The nearest subway, Church Av, is about a minute on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, six of them day care or pre-K sites, and 41 places to eat. A bus lane runs along Nostrand Avenue, 7am to 7pm.

Safety record
11 hurt
22 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Church Av
300 feet · 1 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
240 feet
Nostrand Av/Linden Blvd · B44
Within a walk
10 places
6 day care or pre-K sites and 4 religious buildings, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Nostrand Avenue & Martense Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Church Av, 300 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Church Av 2, 5
    300 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
  2. Beverly Rd 2, 5
    0.5 miles
    2 5

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Transitions” (2001) by Louis Delsarte at the Church Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Nostrand Av/Linden Blvd, 240 feet away, for the B44.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Nostrand Av/Linden Blvd B44
    240 feet
    B44

Next buses at this stop

  1. B44 …

Live arrivals

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

Cycling

  • 44 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Linden Blvd & Nostrand Ave 23 docks in all
    400 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 1.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2193 Bedford Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 123 Linden Boulevard Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. 2699 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    2.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 22 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 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
11226
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 17
City Council district
40
Police precinct
67
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East Flatbush-Erasmus
Elevation
50 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1925 and 1937.

Since 2014 at least 139 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 38 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2021 and February 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Martense Street

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

South side of Martense Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Nostrand Avenue

  • Metered parking 5 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY NOON-4PM SATURDAY 8AM-7PM
  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING 7AM-10AM 4PM-7PM SATURDAY 7:30AM-8AM
  • Truck loading only 5 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 10AM-NOON

West side of Nostrand Avenue

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

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 310576 and 331457.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 day care or pre-K sites
  • 4 religious buildings

Schools and child care

  1. Candy Kid's Day Care Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    920 feet
  2. Little People's Academy Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    930 feet
  3. Rogers' Day Care Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    980 feet
Show all 6
  1. Lil Rockerz Daycare Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,000 feet
  2. Lefferts Garden Promise Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,070 feet
  3. Pre-School Minds Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,200 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Lenox Rd Baptist Church House of worship
    730 feet
  2. Holy Cross RC Church House of worship
    1,270 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    450 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    650 feet
  2. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    1,050 feet
  3. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

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

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 41 places to eat and 32 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

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