Nostrand Avenue & Newkirk Avenue

Nostrand Avenue and Newkirk Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in East Flatbush-Farragut, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 29 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. St Jeromes Church is 140 feet away, and Bible Holiness Church is 1,120 feet away. The nearest subway, Newkirk Av-Little Haiti, is about a minute on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are 17 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 16 places to eat. A bus lane runs along Nostrand Avenue, 7am to 7pm.

Safety record
18 hurt
29 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Newkirk Av-Little Haiti
70 feet · 1 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
50 feet
Nostrand Av/Newkirk Av · B8, B44 SBS, B96
Within a walk
17 places
7 religious buildings, 5 schools and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Nostrand Avenue & Newkirk Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Newkirk Av-Little Haiti, 70 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Newkirk Av-Little Haiti 2, 5
    70 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. Beverly Rd 2, 5
    0.4 miles
    2 5
  2. Flatbush Av-Brooklyn College 2, 5
    0.5 miles
    2 5

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Nostrand Av/Newkirk Av, 50 feet away, for the B8, B44 SBS and B96.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Nostrand Av/Newkirk Av B8, B44 SBS, B96 · Shelter
    50 feet
    B8 B44 SBS B96
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B8 …
  2. B44 SBS …
  3. B96 …

Live arrivals

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

Cycling

  • 28 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Beverley Rd & Nostrand Ave 25 docks in all
    0.4 miles

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 2.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1261 Flatbush Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 1170 Ocean Avenue Charging for electric cars, eight Level 2 chargers
    0.9 miles
  3. 2699 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 29 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, September 2016

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11226
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 17
City Council district
45
Police precinct
67
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East Flatbush-Farragut
Elevation
21 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1931 and 1950.

Since 2014 at least 22 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 27 trees within 330 feet.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2018 and April 2025; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Newkirk Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY TUESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY 8AM-8:30AM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Newkirk Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY TUESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY 8AM-8:30AM

East side of Nostrand Avenue

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

West side of Nostrand Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8:30AM-NOON 2PM-7PM SATURDAY 8:30AM-7PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 300402, 335139, 338111 and 338112.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seventeen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 5 schools
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 playground
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. Flatbush Haitian Center Trade or language school
    200 feet
  2. Central Brooklyn Ascend Charter Middle School
    210 feet
  3. Success Academy East Flatbush Charter Middle School
    420 feet
Show all 9
  1. The Friends of Crown Heights Educational Centers Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    480 feet
  2. Flatbush Ascend CS MS School
    480 feet
  3. Friends of Crown Heights Educational Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    480 feet
  4. Central Brooklyn Ascend Charter School
    690 feet
  5. P.S. 361 East Flatbush Early Childhood School
    970 feet
  6. Leapz 2 Success Child Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,070 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Nostrand Playground
    560 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Jeromes Church House of worship
    140 feet
  2. Bible Holiness Church House of worship
    1,120 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    80 feet

Supermarkets

  1. The Meat Place Supermarket
    160 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    260 feet
  3. CTown Supermarket
    1,070 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 16 places to eat and 19 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Newkirk Avenue 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.