President Street & Albany Avenue
President Street and Albany Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Crown Heights (South), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 14 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. In 2025, 99 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. Chabad Lubavitch World HQ is 1,290 feet away. The nearest subway, Kingston Av, is about five minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 32 public places, 21 of them religious buildings, and nine places to eat.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredSubway
The nearest subway station is Kingston Av, 1,300 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.
- 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
- Kingston Av 31,300 feet3
Next trains at this station
Manhattan
1 line- 3 …
Outbound
1 line- 3 …
Also within a walk
- Crown Hts-Utica Av 3, 40.4 miles3 4
Bus
The nearest bus stop is Kingston Av/Carroll St, 970 feet away, for the B43.
- 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Kingston Av/Carroll St B43 · Shelter970 feetB43
Next buses at this stop
- B43 …
Cycling
- 8 bicycle racks within 820 feet
- 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk
Nearest bike-share station
- Albany Ave & Carroll St 19 docks in all300 feet
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 2.6 miles by car along the streets.
- 415 Empire Boulevard Gas station0.7 miles
- 959 Sterling Place Charging for electric cars, 21 Level 2 chargers0.7 miles
- 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars2.6 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 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
- 3 of those hurt, on foot
The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.
Camera tickets
How tickets are countedIn 2025, 99 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 1,760th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11213
- Community board
- Brooklyn Community Board 9
- City Council district
- 35
- Police precinct
- 71
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Crown Heights (South)
- Elevation
- 107 feet above sea level
The streets
- One travel lane
- Two of the streets are one-way
Homes
About 1,600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1909 and 1924.
Trees
NYC Parks records 46 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 34 signs on these blocks
- 7 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2014 and March 2023, and the sign on the street decides.
East side of Albany Avenue
- No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
- No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY NOON-1:30PM
West side of Albany Avenue
- No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
- No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY NOON-1:30PM
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
North side of President Street
- No parking 12 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
South side of President Street
- No parking 11 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
Schools and places within a walk
How places are listedWithin a five-minute walk there are 32 public places.
- 21 religious buildings
- 5 day care or pre-K sites
- 5 schools
- 1 museum
Schools and child care
- Chanoch Lenaar School550 feet
- United Lubavitcher Yeshivoth Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2800 feet
- United Lubavitcher Yeshiva School880 feet
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- United Lubavitch Yeshiva Pre-K880 feet
- Beis Chaya Muska School School-based preschool, ages 2 to 5920 feet
- Yeshiva Beis Chaya Mushka School930 feet
- United Lubavitcher Yeshivoth Annex School930 feet
- Cheeryos Preschool, ages 2 to 51,020 feet
- Cheeryos Daycare Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 21,020 feet
- Chabad Girls Academy School1,260 feet
Libraries, museums and history
- Jewish Children's Museum1,290 feet
Houses of worship
- Chabad Lubavitch World HQ House of worship1,290 feet
Bank branches
- Apple Bank Bank branch520 feet
Supermarkets
- CTown Supermarket0.5 miles
Pharmacies
- Walgreens Pharmacy0.5 miles
Other stores
- Family Dollar Store0.5 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are nine places to eat and 12 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, six of them within a three-minute walk:
- Union Street & Albany Avenue 300 feet
- Carroll Street & Albany Avenue 320 feet
- Albany Avenue & Eastern Parkway 650 feet
- Albany Avenue & Crown Street 650 feet
- President Street & Troy Avenue 770 feet
- President Street & Kingston Avenue 770 feet
- Albany Avenue & Montgomery Street 980 feet
- Albany Avenue & Lincoln Place 990 feet
See every intersection along Albany Avenue or President Street.