Ralph Avenue & Sterling Place

Ralph Avenue and Sterling Place meet at a four-way crossing in Ocean Hill, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 18 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Sterling Community Group Garden is 50 feet away. The nearest subway, Sutter Av-Rutland Rd, is about nine minutes on foot, for the 3. Within a five-minute walk are 23 public places, 13 of them religious buildings, and five places to eat. About 2,200 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
9 hurt
18 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Sutter Av-Rutland Rd
0.4 miles · 9 min on foot · 3
Nearest bus stop
40 feet
Ralph Av/Sterling Pl · B45, B47, B65
Within a walk
23 places
13 religious buildings, 6 gardens and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Ralph Avenue & Sterling Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Sutter Av-Rutland Rd, 0.4 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  1. Sutter Av-Rutland Rd 3
    0.4 miles
    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/Sterling Pl, 40 feet away, for the B45, B47 and B65.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Ralph Av/Sterling Pl B45, B47, B65
    40 feet
    B45 B47 B65

Next buses at this stop

  1. B45 …
  2. B47 …
  3. B65 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Sterling Pl & Ralph Ave 19 docks in all
    50 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 1.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1412 Eastern Parkway Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 170 Buffalo Avenue Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    2.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 18 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 9 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, July 2024

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11233
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 8
City Council district
41
Police precinct
73 and 77 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Ocean Hill
Elevation
86 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 15 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 56 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2019 and February 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Ralph Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Ralph Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

North side of Sterling Place

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of Sterling Place

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • 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.

  • 13 religious buildings
  • 6 gardens
  • 2 schools
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 park

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 191 Paul Robeson School
    920 feet
  2. Uncommon Excellence Girls CMS School
    950 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Sterling Community Group Garden
    50 feet
  2. Ralph-Lincoln Service Center Garden
    470 feet
  3. St. John's Place Renaissance Garden
    640 feet
Show all 7
  1. Preston Community Garden
    790 feet
  2. Tehuti Ma’at Community Garden
    970 feet
  3. Prospect Plaza Park
    1,050 feet
  4. Brownsville Green Garden
    1,160 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Marks Church of Christ House of worship
    1,140 feet

Fire and police

  1. Rescue 2 Fire station
    1,010 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    490 feet
  2. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are five places to eat and 17 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, six of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Ralph Avenue or Sterling Place.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, 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.