Ralph Avenue & East New York Avenue

Ralph Avenue and East New York Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Brownsville, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 39 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Brownsville Academy High School is 550 feet away, and P.S. 189 the Bilingual Center is 1,130 feet away. The nearest subway, Sutter Av-Rutland Rd, is about three minutes on foot, for the 3. Within a five-minute walk are 23 public places, 11 of them religious buildings, and 18 places to eat.

Safety record
18 hurt
39 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Sutter Av-Rutland Rd
880 feet · 3 min on foot · 3
Nearest bus stop
50 feet
Ralph Av/East New York Av · B15
Within a walk
23 places
11 religious buildings, 4 schools and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Ralph Avenue & East New York Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Sutter Av-Rutland Rd, 880 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  1. Sutter Av-Rutland Rd 3
    880 feet
    3

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. 3 …
New Lots
1 line
  1. 3 …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Ailanthus” (2017) by Nancy Baker at the Sutter Av-Rutland Rd station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Ralph Av/East New York Av, 50 feet away, for the B15.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Ralph Av/East New York Av B15
    50 feet
    B15

Next buses at this stop

  1. B15 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on East New York Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Eastern Pkwy & Ralph Ave 21 docks in all
    540 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 1.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1412 Eastern Parkway Gas station
    850 feet
  2. 492 Thomas Boyland Street Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    2.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 39 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, August 2016
  • Turn calming, August 2026

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11212
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 16
City Council district
41
Police precinct
73 and 77 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Brownsville
Elevation
48 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

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 1923 and 1930.

Since 2014 at least 33 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 48 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 24 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2015 and August 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East New York Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of East New York Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

East side of Ralph Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Ralph Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 23 public places.

  • 11 religious buildings
  • 4 schools
  • 3 gardens
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 parks
  • 1 pedestrian plaza

Schools and child care

  1. Inner Force Tots Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    150 feet
  2. Aspirations Diploma Plus High School
    550 feet
  3. Brownsville Academy High School
    550 feet
Show all 6
  1. The Friends of Crown Heights Educational Centers< Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    690 feet
  2. P.S. 189 the Bilingual Center School
    1,130 feet
  3. Brooklyn Ascend Charter Middle School
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Lincoln Terrace / Arthur S. Somers Park
    570 feet
  2. Brownsville Green Garden
    880 feet
  3. Ralph-Lincoln Service Center Garden
    1,110 feet
Show all 5
  1. St. John's Place Renaissance Garden
    1,160 feet
  2. Zion Triangle
    1,180 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Zion Triangle Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,080 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    1,230 feet
  2. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    1,270 feet
  3. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    890 feet
  2. Dollar Tree Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 18 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 of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East New York Avenue or Ralph 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.