Rockaway Parkway & Willmohr Street

Rockaway Parkway and Willmohr Street meet at a four-way crossing in East Flatbush-Remsen Village, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 23 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. The city lists this corner as a Vision Zero priority intersection. In 2025, 3,424 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. East Flatbush Library is 1,050 feet away. The nearest subway, Saratoga Av, is about six minutes on foot, for the 3. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and 11 places to eat.

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Rockaway Parkway & Willmohr Street Nearby corners, linked

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 …

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is E 98 St/Willmohr St, 430 feet away, for the B15.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. E 98 St/Willmohr St B15
    430 feet
    B15

Next buses at this stop

  1. B15 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Rockaway Parkway.

  • 13 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 2 of them on-street corrals
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Willmohr St & Rockaway Pkwy 16 docks in all
    100 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
    0.3 miles
  2. 1235 Linden Boulevard Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    1.3 miles

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 23 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 21 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 5 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

The city lists this corner as a Vision Zero priority intersection, a designation it applies to corners selected for attention on their injury record. It is not a record of work done.

In 2025, 3,424 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 250th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 1,805 more were issued.

Every corner with speed camera tickets

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
31 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to five travel lanes

Homes

About 2,400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1927 and 1930.

Trees

NYC Parks records 42 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2019 and March 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Rockaway Parkway

  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Rockaway Parkway

  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Willmohr Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of Willmohr Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 8 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 library

Schools and child care

  1. Step by Step Early Childhood Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,010 feet
  2. Liberty Day Care Service Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,050 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. East Flatbush Library
    1,050 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Church of God of East Flatbush House of worship
    590 feet
  2. Calvary Nazarene Church House of worship
    730 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    1,180 feet
  2. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Green Village Supermarket Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 11 places to eat and 14 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 corners within a three-minute walk:

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC Finance, 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.