Parkside Avenue & New York Avenue

Parkside Avenue and New York Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Prospect Lefferts Gardens-Wingate, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 16 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. University Hospital of Brooklyn is 1,150 feet away. The nearest subway, Winthrop St, is about three minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are 17 public places, four of them schools, and 14 places to eat. About 1,400 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
10 hurt
16 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Winthrop St
870 feet · 3 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
220 feet
New York Av/Clarkson Av · B44
Within a walk
17 places
4 schools, 3 religious buildings and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Parkside Avenue & New York Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Winthrop St, 870 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Winthrop St 2, 5
    870 feet
    2 5

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 5 …
Flatbush
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 5 …

Bus

The nearest bus stop is New York Av/Clarkson Av, 220 feet away, for the B44.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. New York Av/Clarkson Av B44 · Shelter
    220 feet
    B44
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B44 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. New York Ave & Hawthorne St 20 docks in all
    570 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
    190 feet
  2. 395 Lenox Road Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    890 feet
  3. 2699 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    2.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 16 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 10 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11203
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 9
City Council district
40
Police precinct
71
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Prospect Lefferts Gardens-Wingate
Elevation
54 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 153 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 50 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the red maple.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 22 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2016 and June 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

West side of New York Avenue

  • Authorized vehicles only 3 signs AVO DEPT OF SANITATION
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

North side of Parkside Avenue

  • Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AVO DEPT OF SANITATION
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of Parkside Avenue

  • Ambulances only 1 sign AMBULANCE ONLY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seventeen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 schools
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 hospitals
  • 2 trade or language schools
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Gotham Career Institute Center for W Trade or language school
    1,080 feet
  2. Elite Early Childhood Learning Center Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    1,130 feet
  3. SUNY Downstate Health Sciences Univ. College
    1,150 feet
Show all 9
  1. Kareful and Karefree Training School Trade or language school
    1,150 feet
  2. Explore Charter School
    1,250 feet
  3. P.S. K141 School
    1,250 feet
  4. Children's Paradise Day Care Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,250 feet
  5. Parkside Preparatory Academy School
    1,250 feet
  6. P.S. 397 Foster-Laurie School
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Rolph Henry Playground
    220 feet
  2. Wingate Park
    1,080 feet

Health care

  1. University Hospital of Brooklyn Hospital
    1,150 feet
  2. Kings County Hospital Center Hospital
    1,230 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Gabriels Episcopal Church House of worship
    870 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 331 Hawthorne Street Older adult center
    1,180 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    1,100 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    950 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 14 places to eat and 11 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along New York Avenue or Parkside Avenue.

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, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.