Rogers Avenue & Empire Boulevard

Rogers Avenue and Empire Boulevard meet at a four-way crossing in Crown Heights (South), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 37 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. James E Davis Post Office is 700 feet away. The nearest subway, Sterling St, is about four minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places, five of them religious buildings, and 24 places to eat. A bus lane runs along Rogers Avenue, 7am to 7pm.

Safety record
29 hurt
37 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Sterling St
1,050 feet · 4 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
40 feet
Empire Blvd/Rogers Av · B43
Within a walk
15 places
5 religious buildings, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Rogers Avenue & Empire Boulevard Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Sterling St, 1,050 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Sterling St 2, 5
    1,050 feet
    2 5

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 5 …
Flatbush
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 5 …

Also within a walk

  1. President St-Medgar Evers College 2, 5
    0.4 miles
    2 5

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Empire Blvd/Rogers Av, 40 feet away, for the B43.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Empire Blvd/Rogers Av B43
    40 feet
    B43

Next buses at this stop

  1. B43 …

Live arrivals

Rogers Avenue carries a bus lane, 7am to 7pm on weekdays.

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Empire Boulevard.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Rogers Ave & Sterling St 17 docks in all
    260 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 1.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 240 Empire Boulevard Gas station
    190 feet
  2. 375 Lefferts Avenue Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 37 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 29 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 8 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, January 2020
  • Turn calming, May 2022

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11225
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 9
City Council district
35 and 40 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
71
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Crown Heights (South)
Elevation
71 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to three travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

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 1911 and 1928.

Since 2014 at least 24 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

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
  • 37 signs on these blocks
  • 12 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2018 and May 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Empire Boulevard

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AUTHORIZED VEHICLES ONLY US POSTAL SERVICE
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING 7AM-5PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING 8AM-8PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

South side of Empire Boulevard

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-5PM

East side of Rogers Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 10AM-4PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING SATURDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM 4PM-7PM

West side of Rogers Avenue

  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM 4PM-7PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 333382.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 219 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as neo-Renaissance, and mostly built between 1905 and 1910.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 gardens
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Daisley Institute Trade or language school
    140 feet
  2. The Hollow Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    510 feet
  3. All My Children Day Care and Nursery 11 Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    710 feet
Show all 4
  1. Bambi Day Care Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    860 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Dodger Playground
    770 feet
  2. Marc And Jason's Playground
    1,050 feet
  3. Maple Street Community Garden
    1,180 feet
Show all 4
  1. Lincoln Road Garden
    1,250 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Prospect Lefferts Gardens Historic District Listed historic place
    790 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. James E Davis Post Office
    700 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    810 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Western Beef Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 24 places to eat and 12 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, six of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Empire Boulevard or Rogers Avenue.

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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.