Ralph Avenue & Union Street

Ralph Avenue and Union Street meet at a four-way crossing in Ocean Hill, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 20 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Lincoln Terrace / Arthur S. Somers Park is 630 feet away, and Ralph-Lincoln Service Center Garden is 1,020 feet away. The nearest subway, Sutter Av-Rutland Rd, is about four minutes on foot, for the 3. Within a five-minute walk are 23 public places, 12 of them religious buildings, and 16 places to eat.

Safety record
10 hurt
20 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Sutter Av-Rutland Rd
980 feet · 4 min on foot · 3
Nearest bus stop
140 feet
Ralph Av/East New York Av · B15
Within a walk
23 places
12 religious buildings, 3 gardens and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Ralph Avenue & Union Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Sutter Av-Rutland Rd, 980 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  1. Sutter Av-Rutland Rd 3
    980 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, 140 feet away, for the B15.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B15 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 4 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
    450 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
    750 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 20 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 10 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.

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
52 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is 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 1922 and 1930.

Since 2014 at least 40 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 47 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2015 and May 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Ralph Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Ralph Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Union Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

South side of Union Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

  • 12 religious buildings
  • 3 gardens
  • 3 schools
  • 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
    250 feet
  2. Aspirations Diploma Plus High School
    650 feet
  3. Brownsville Academy High School
    650 feet
Show all 5
  1. The Friends of Crown Heights Educational Centers< Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    790 feet
  2. P.S. 189 the Bilingual Center School
    1,220 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Lincoln Terrace / Arthur S. Somers Park
    630 feet
  2. Brownsville Green Garden
    780 feet
  3. Ralph-Lincoln Service Center Garden
    1,020 feet
Show all 5
  1. St. John's Place Renaissance Garden
    1,070 feet
  2. Zion Triangle
    1,150 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Zion Triangle Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,050 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    1,170 feet
  2. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    1,200 feet
  3. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Other stores

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 16 places to eat and 20 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 of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Ralph Avenue or Union 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, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.