Rockaway Parkway & Smiths Lane

Rockaway Parkway and Smiths Lane meet at a three-way junction in Canarsie, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 19 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Canarsie Ascend Charter School is 1,040 feet away. The nearest subway, Canarsie-Rockaway Pkwy, is about a minute on foot, for the L. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, four of them religious buildings, and 11 places to eat. About 600 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1920 and 1935, almost all in houses of one or two.

Safety record
11 hurt
19 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Canarsie-Rockaway Pkwy
370 feet · 1 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
290 feet
Rockaway Pkwy/Farragut Rd · B60
Within a walk
7 places
4 religious buildings, 1 fire station and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Rockaway Parkway & Smiths Lane Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Canarsie-Rockaway Pkwy, 370 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  1. Canarsie-Rockaway Pkwy L
    370 feet
    L

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. L …

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Rockaway Pkwy/Farragut Rd, 290 feet away, for the B60.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Rockaway Pkwy/Farragut Rd B60
    290 feet
    B60

Next buses at this stop

  1. B60 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 19 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Shore Parkway, 1.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 909 Rockaway Parkway Gas station
    990 feet
  2. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Charging for electric cars, eight fast chargers
    280 feet

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 19 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 11 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11236
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 18
City Council district
46
Police precinct
69
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Canarsie
Elevation
20 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1920 and 1935.

Trees

Sixteen trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 20 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules
  • 3 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2017 and December 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 9am to 7pm on Rockaway Parkway (east side).

West side of Rockaway Parkway

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 10AM-4PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-4PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 3AM-6AM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING FIRE ZONE
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 4PM-7PM
  • No stopping 2 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 6AM-10AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

North side of Smiths Lane

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 331836 and 334821.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 police station
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Canarsie Ascend Charter School
    1,040 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Albans Episcopal Church House of worship
    770 feet

Fire and police

  1. Battalion 58/Engine 257/Ladder 170 Fire station
    230 feet
  2. 69th Precinct Police station
    1,070 feet

Bank branches

  1. Capital One Bank branch
    490 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    1,290 feet

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 11 places to eat and 17 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 Rockaway Parkway or Smiths Lane.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.