Nostrand Avenue & Montgomery Street

Nostrand Avenue and Montgomery Street meet at a four-way crossing in Crown Heights (South), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 13 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. James E Davis Post Office is 520 feet away. The nearest subway, Sterling St, is about three minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 20 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 28 places to eat. A bus lane runs along Nostrand Avenue, 7am to 10am and 4pm to 7pm.

Safety record
9 hurt
13 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Sterling St
790 feet · 3 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
30 feet
Nostrand Av/Montgomery St · B44
Within a walk
20 places
7 religious buildings, 5 schools and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Nostrand Avenue & Montgomery Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Sterling St, 790 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Sterling St 2, 5
    790 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. President St-Medgar Evers College 2, 5
    1,040 feet
    2 5
  2. Nostrand Av 3
    0.3 miles
    3

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Nostrand Av/Montgomery St, 30 feet away, for the B44.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Nostrand Av/Montgomery St B44
    30 feet
    B44

Next buses at this stop

  1. B44 …

Live arrivals

Nostrand Avenue carries a bus lane, 7am to 10am and 4pm to 7pm on weekdays.

Cycling

  • 33 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. New York Ave & Montgomery St 20 docks in all
    810 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 2.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 415 Empire Boulevard Gas station
    1,020 feet
  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
    2.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 13 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 9 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, September 2016

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11225
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 9
City Council district
35
Police precinct
71
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Crown Heights (South)
Elevation
89 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 53 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 45 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 45 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2019 and June 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Montgomery Street

  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-5PM

South side of Montgomery Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

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 MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM 4PM-7PM SATURDAY 7:30AM-8AM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 10AM-NOON

West side of Nostrand Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING SATURDAY 8AM-8:30AM
  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM 4PM-7PM
  • Truck loading only 3 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY NOON-2PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 311894.

Landmarks and historic districts

Two buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as neo-Renaissance, and built in 1912.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twenty public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 5 schools
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 police station
  • 1 post office

Schools and child care

  1. Beth Rivkah High School
    670 feet
  2. Crown Multi-Educ Services Preschool
    670 feet
  3. Medgar Evers College Preparatory School
    700 feet
Show all 9
  1. All My Children Day Care and Nursery 11 Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    810 feet
  2. P.S. 161 the Crown School
    880 feet
  3. Success Academy Charter School - Crown Heights School
    880 feet
  4. M.S. 061 Dr. Gladstone H. Atwell School
    900 feet
  5. Bambi Day Care Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    970 feet
  6. Ella Baker / Charles Romain Child Development Center of Medgar Evers Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,060 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Dodger Playground
    500 feet
  2. Marc And Jason's Playground
    790 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Beth David David Gershon Shul House of worship
    840 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. James E Davis Post Office
    520 feet

Fire and police

  1. 71st Precinct Police station
    1,050 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    540 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 28 places to eat and 20 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Montgomery 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.