Nostrand Avenue & Rutland Road

Nostrand Avenue and Rutland Road meet at a four-way crossing in Prospect Lefferts Gardens-Wingate, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 15 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Lincoln Road Garden is 1,070 feet away. The nearest subway, Winthrop St, is about three minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are 18 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and 27 places to eat. A bus lane runs along Nostrand Avenue, 7am to 7pm.

Safety record
9 hurt
15 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Winthrop St
890 feet · 3 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
130 feet
Nostrand Av/Rutland Rd · B44
Within a walk
18 places
8 religious buildings, 3 schools and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Nostrand Avenue & Rutland Road Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Winthrop St, 890 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Winthrop St 2, 5
    890 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
    0.3 miles
    2 5

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Nostrand Av/Rutland Rd, 130 feet away, for the B44.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Nostrand Av/Rutland Rd B44
    130 feet
    B44

Next buses at this stop

  1. B44 …

Live arrivals

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

Cycling

  • 19 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Nostrand Ave & Rutland Rd 20 docks in all
    40 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. 720 New York Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 375 Lefferts Avenue Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    0.4 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 15 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 9 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, July 2021
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, April 2026

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
57 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 1938.

Since 2014 at least 60 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 49 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the Japanese zelkova and the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2021 and July 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Nostrand Avenue

  • Metered parking 5 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 10AM-4PM SATURDAY 8AM-7PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING SATURDAY 7:30AM-8AM
  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM 4PM-7PM

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

North side of Rutland Road

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of Rutland Road

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 313385 and 333916.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eighteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 8 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 gardens
  • 1 fire station
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Mary Bobb Learning Academy School
    470 feet
  2. Children's Paradise Day Care Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    910 feet
  3. Collective Play Ground Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    940 feet
Show all 5
  1. Lefferts Gardens Montessori School
    1,110 feet
  2. Darchai Menachem School
    1,250 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Lincoln Road Garden
    1,070 feet
  2. Maple Street Community Garden
    1,110 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Crown Heights Library
    1,300 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Gabriels Episcopal Church House of worship
    690 feet
  2. Fenimore St United Methodist Church House of worship
    1,140 feet

Community centers and public services

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

Fire and police

  1. Engine 249/Ladder 113 Fire station
    1,090 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    920 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    1,010 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 27 places to eat and 20 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, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Nostrand Avenue or Rutland Road.

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.