Rogers Avenue & Hawthorne Street

Rogers Avenue and Hawthorne Street meet at a four-way crossing in Prospect Lefferts Gardens-Wingate, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 13 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Lefferts Gardens Montessori is 270 feet away. The nearest subway, Winthrop St, is about four minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are 26 public places, eight of them schools, and 24 places to eat. A bus lane runs along Rogers Avenue, 7am to 7pm. About 2,300 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
14 hurt
13 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Winthrop St
1,120 feet · 4 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
180 feet
Rogers Av/Winthrop St · B49
Within a walk
26 places
8 schools, 7 religious buildings and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Rogers Avenue & Hawthorne Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Winthrop St, 1,120 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Winthrop St 2, 5
    1,120 feet
    2 5

Next trains at this station

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Rogers Av/Winthrop St, 180 feet away, for the B49.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Rogers Av/Winthrop St B49
    180 feet
    B49

Next buses at this stop

  1. B49 …

Live arrivals

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

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Winthrop St & Rogers Ave 20 docks in all
    320 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 1.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 240 Empire Boulevard Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 625 Rogers Avenue Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 2699 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    2.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 13 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 14 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 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, July 2020

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11225
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 9
City Council district
40
Police precinct
71
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Prospect Lefferts Gardens-Wingate
Elevation
59 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 2,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 34 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 51 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the 'Skyline' thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

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

North side of Hawthorne Street

  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of Hawthorne Street

  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

East side of Rogers Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of Rogers Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 7:30AM-8AM

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 104 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as neo-Renaissance, and mostly built between 1907 and 1910.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 26 public places.

  • 8 schools
  • 7 religious buildings
  • 6 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Lefferts Gardens Montessori School
    270 feet
  2. Collective Play Ground Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    710 feet
  3. My Little Sprouts Child Care Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    720 feet
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  1. Achievement First Voyager Charter School
    880 feet
  2. P.S. 092 Adrian Hegeman School
    880 feet
  3. Hawthorne Corners Day Care Center Pre-K
    1,050 feet
  4. Explore Charter School
    1,110 feet
  5. P.S. K141 School
    1,110 feet
  6. Parkside Preparatory Academy School
    1,110 feet
  7. Blue Petals Utmost Care Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,120 feet
  8. High Definition Kids Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,120 feet
  9. Mary Bobb Learning Academy School
    1,140 feet
  10. City-Pro Group, Inc. - Bedford Ave School
    1,220 feet
  11. Catholic Charities Neighborhood Services Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,260 feet
  12. Gotham Career Institute Center for W Trade or language school
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Winthrop Playground
    410 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Lefferts Manor Historic District Boundary Increase Listed historic place
    820 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Fenimore St United Methodist Church House of worship
    270 feet
  2. Bethany Gospel Chapel House of worship
    880 feet
  3. Church of the Evangel Listed historic place
    1,030 feet
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  1. St Gabriels Episcopal Church House of worship
    1,190 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 331 Hawthorne Street Older adult center
    1,170 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 249/Ladder 113 Fire station
    980 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    1,090 feet
  2. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    1,250 feet
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.5 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, five of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Hawthorne Street 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, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.