Nostrand Avenue & Midwood Street

Nostrand Avenue and Midwood Street meet at a four-way crossing in Prospect Lefferts Gardens-Wingate, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 21 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. The Engine 249/Ladder 113 firehouse is 820 feet away. The nearest subway, Winthrop St, is about four minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are 14 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
21 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Winthrop St
1,150 feet · 4 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
170 feet
Nostrand Av/Maple St · B44
Within a walk
14 places
5 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Nostrand Avenue & Midwood Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Winthrop St, 1,150 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Winthrop St 2, 5
    1,150 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
    1,170 feet
    2 5

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Nostrand Av/Maple St, 170 feet away, for the B44.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B44 …

Live arrivals

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

Cycling

  • 12 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
    250 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. 240 Empire Boulevard Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 375 Lefferts Avenue Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 2699 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    2.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 21 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in August 2025.

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
56 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,300 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 48 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 55 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the littleleaf linden.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2020 and June 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Midwood Street

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

South side of Midwood Street

  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

East side of Nostrand Avenue

  • Metered parking 5 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 6 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
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 310853 and 333913.

Landmarks and historic districts

Ten buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, and built in 1905.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fourteen 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
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Mary Bobb Learning Academy School
    730 feet
  2. Collective Play Ground Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    930 feet
  3. Children's Paradise Day Care Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    960 feet
Show all 4
  1. St Francis of Assisi Catholic Aca School
    1,060 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Lincoln Road Garden
    810 feet
  2. Maple Street Community Garden
    850 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Crown Heights Library
    1,040 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Gabriels Episcopal Church House of worship
    950 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 331 Hawthorne Street Older adult center
    1,200 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 249/Ladder 113 Fire station
    820 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    1,180 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    1,280 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 34 places to eat and 23 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

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