Rockaway Parkway & Winthrop Street

Rockaway Parkway and Winthrop Street meet at a four-way crossing in East Flatbush-Remsen Village, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 46 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Brooklyn Ascend Charter School is 500 feet away. The nearest subway, Sutter Av-Rutland Rd, is about four minutes on foot, for the 3. Within a five-minute walk are 16 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and 22 places to eat. About 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1927 and 1930, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
49 hurt
46 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Sutter Av-Rutland Rd
1,060 feet · 4 min on foot · 3
Nearest bus stop
130 feet
Rockaway Pkwy/Winthrop St · B47
Within a walk
16 places
8 religious buildings, 4 schools and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Rockaway Parkway & Winthrop Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Sutter Av-Rutland Rd, 1,060 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  1. Sutter Av-Rutland Rd 3
    1,060 feet
    3

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Saratoga Av 3
    0.4 miles
    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 Rockaway Pkwy/Winthrop St, 130 feet away, for the B47.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Rockaway Pkwy/Winthrop St B47
    130 feet
    B47

Next buses at this stop

  1. B47 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Rockaway Parkway.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Rockaway Pkwy & Winthrop St 18 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, 2 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 46 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 49 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 16 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

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
34 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to five travel lanes

Homes

About 2,100 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.

Since 2014 at least 4 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 33 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 35 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2017 and May 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Rockaway Parkway

  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-5PM

West side of Rockaway Parkway

  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Winthrop Street

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

South side of Winthrop Street

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Sixteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 8 religious buildings
  • 4 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 garden
  • 1 park

Schools and child care

  1. Traditional Day Care Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    420 feet
  2. Brooklyn Ascend Charter Es School
    500 feet
  3. Brooklyn Ascend Charter School
    500 feet
Show all 6
  1. Brooklyn Ascend Charter School 6 School
    500 feet
  2. Brooklyn Ascend Charter Middle School
    690 feet
  3. The Friends of Crown Heights Educational Centers< Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,210 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Howard Malls Park
    1,050 feet
  2. Howard Garden
    1,260 feet

Houses of worship

  1. New Dimension SDA Church House of worship
    940 feet

Bank branches

  1. Santander Bank Bank branch
    550 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    420 feet
  2. Green Village Supermarket Supermarket
    940 feet
  3. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    750 feet
  2. Family Dollar Store
    940 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 22 places to eat and 24 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 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Rockaway Parkway or Winthrop Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, 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, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.