Nostrand Avenue & Parkside Avenue

Nostrand Avenue and Parkside Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Prospect Lefferts Gardens-Wingate, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 14 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Explore Charter School is 450 feet away. The nearest subway, Winthrop St, is about a minute on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are 17 public places, six of them schools, and 30 places to eat. A bus lane runs along Nostrand Avenue, 7am to 7pm. About 2,300 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
11 hurt
14 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Winthrop St
60 feet · 1 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
210 feet
Nostrand Av/Winthrop St · B96
Within a walk
17 places
6 schools, 5 religious buildings and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Nostrand Avenue & Parkside Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Winthrop St, 60 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Winthrop St 2, 5
    60 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. Church Av 2, 5
    0.4 miles
    2 5
  2. Sterling St 2, 5
    0.5 miles
    2 5

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Nostrand Av/Winthrop St, 210 feet away, for the B96.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Nostrand Av/Winthrop St B96
    210 feet
    B96

Next buses at this stop

  1. B96 …

Live arrivals

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

Cycling

  • 26 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Winthrop St & Nostrand Ave 24 docks in all
    340 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 1.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 720 New York Avenue Gas station
    1,000 feet
  2. 625 Rogers Avenue Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. 2699 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    2.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 14 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

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, September 2016
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, January 2025

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11226
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 9
City Council district
40
Police precinct
71
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Prospect Lefferts Gardens-Wingate
Elevation
59 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, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 197 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 46 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 69 signs on these blocks
  • 22 different rules
  • 3 active meters
  • 3 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2023 and June 2026; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Nostrand Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 10AM-4PM SATURDAY 8AM-7PM
  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING SATURDAY 8AM-7PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING SATURDAY 7:30AM-8AM
  • No standing 4 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
  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8:30AM-NOON 2PM-7PM SATURDAY 8:30AM-7PM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8:30AM-2PM
  • Truck loading only 3 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY NOON-2PM

North side of Parkside Avenue

  • Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AVO DEPT OF SANITATION

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 310326, 330088 and 335930.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seventeen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 schools
  • 5 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. Gotham Career Institute Center for W Trade or language school
    270 feet
  2. Explore Charter School
    450 feet
  3. P.S. K141 School
    450 feet
Show all 9
  1. Parkside Preparatory Academy School
    450 feet
  2. Mary Bobb Learning Academy School
    910 feet
  3. My Little Sprouts Child Care Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    950 feet
  4. Achievement First Voyager Charter School
    1,110 feet
  5. P.S. 092 Adrian Hegeman School
    1,110 feet
  6. Elite Early Childhood Learning Center Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    1,220 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Rolph Henry Playground
    850 feet
  2. Winthrop Playground
    1,100 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Gabriels Episcopal Church House of worship
    830 feet
  2. Lenox Rd Baptist Church House of worship
    960 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 331 Hawthorne Street Older adult center
    940 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    300 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    1,030 feet
  3. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    140 feet
  2. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 30 places to eat and 21 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Nostrand Avenue or Parkside 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, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.