Rockaway Parkway & Lenox Road

Rockaway Parkway and Lenox Road meet at a four-way crossing in East Flatbush-Remsen Village, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 26 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. East Brooklyn Community High School is 850 feet away. The nearest subway, Saratoga Av, is about six minutes on foot, for the 3. Within a five-minute walk are 17 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and nine places to eat. About 2,000 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1930 and 1935, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
26 hurt
26 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Saratoga Av
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · 3
Nearest bus stop
140 feet
Lenox Rd/Rockaway Pkwy · B7
Within a walk
17 places
8 religious buildings, 7 schools and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Rockaway Parkway & Lenox Road Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Saratoga Av, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  1. Saratoga Av 3
    0.3 miles
    3

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Sutter Av-Rutland Rd 3
    0.5 miles
    3

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Chandelier” (2017) by Nancy Baker at the Saratoga Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Lenox Rd/Rockaway Pkwy, 140 feet away, for the B7.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Lenox Rd/Rockaway Pkwy B7
    140 feet
    B7

Next buses at this stop

  1. B7 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Rockaway Parkway.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Riverdale Ave & E 98 St 16 docks in all
    550 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 2.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1143 Clarkson Avenue Gas station
    1,000 feet
  2. 1235 Linden Boulevard Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    1.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 26 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 25 people injured
  • 1 person killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, January 2017

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11212
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 17
City Council district
41
Police precinct
67
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East Flatbush-Remsen Village
Elevation
29 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to five travel lanes

Homes

About 2,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1930 and 1935.

Since 2014 at least 126 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 50 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2018 and December 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Lenox Road

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Lenox Road

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

East side of Rockaway Parkway

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

West side of Rockaway Parkway

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seventeen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 8 religious buildings
  • 7 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 fire station

Schools and child care

  1. Step by Step Early Childhood Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    230 feet
  2. Uncommon Kings CMS School
    850 feet
  3. East Brooklyn Community High School
    850 feet
Show all 8
  1. Middle School for Art and Philosophy School
    880 feet
  2. Uncommon Kings Charter School NYC School
    880 feet
  3. Brooklyn Ascend Charter Es School
    1,260 feet
  4. Brooklyn Ascend Charter School
    1,260 feet
  5. Brooklyn Ascend Charter School 6 School
    1,260 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Church of God of East Flatbush House of worship
    1,150 feet

Fire and police

  1. Division 15/Engine 283 Fire station
    740 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Green Village Supermarket Supermarket
    1,150 feet
  2. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    1,270 feet
  2. Family Dollar Store
    0.4 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 designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Lenox Road or Rockaway Parkway.

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.