Pacific Street & New York Avenue

Pacific Street and New York Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Crown Heights (North), Brooklyn. The corner lies on the edge of the Crown Heights North Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, 20 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. New York Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church School stands 490 feet away, and Marcy Avenue Plaza is 1,250 feet away. The nearest subway, Nostrand Av, is about seven minutes on foot, for the A and C. Within a five-minute walk are 14 public places and 17 places to eat.

Safety record
17 hurt
20 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Nostrand Av
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · A, C
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
New York Av/Pacific St · B44
Within a walk
14 places
7 religious buildings, 2 schools and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Pacific Street & New York Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Nostrand Av, 0.3 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Nostrand Av A, C
    0.3 miles
    A C

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
2 lines
  1. A …
  2. C …
Outbound
2 lines
  1. A …
  2. C …

Also within a walk

  1. Kingston-Throop Avs C
    0.5 miles
    C

Bus

The nearest bus stop is New York Av/Pacific St, 110 feet away, for the B44.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. New York Av/Pacific St B44
    110 feet
    B44

Next buses at this stop

  1. B44 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Pacific St & Nostrand Ave 22 docks in all
    740 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Bedford Avenue, 2.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 51 Brooklyn Avenue Gas station
    1,170 feet
  2. 145 Brooklyn Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 20 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 17 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 June 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11216
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 8
City Council district
36
Police precinct
77
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Crown Heights (North)
Elevation
67 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 2,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1900 and 1931.

Since 2014 at least 3 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 46 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese pagoda tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 31 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

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

East side of New York Avenue

  • Ambulances and ambulettes only 1 sign AMBULANCE AMBULETTE ONLY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of New York Avenue

  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

North side of Pacific Street

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of Pacific Street

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands at the edge of the Crown Heights North Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 200 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Romanesque Revival, and mostly built between 1886 and 1895.

  1. First Church of Christ, Scientist Designated landmark
    380 feet
  2. New York Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church Designated landmark
    390 feet
  3. New York Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church School Designated landmark
    490 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fourteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 garden
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 pedestrian plaza
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 093 William H. Prescott School
    620 feet
  2. Restoration Academy School
    620 feet
  3. Cm'S First Step Training Ctr Trade or language school
    980 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. 1100 Bergen Street Community Garden
    1,070 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Marcy Avenue Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,250 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Crown Heights North Historic District Listed historic place
    1,300 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Bedford Central Presbyterian Church Landmark
    1,060 feet
  2. Greater Zion Shiloh Baptist Church House of worship
    1,220 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Breevort Post Office
    1,290 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    1,220 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Bravo Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 17 places to eat and eight food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along New York Avenue or Pacific Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, 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.