Rogers Avenue & Lefferts Avenue

Rogers Avenue and Lefferts Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Prospect Lefferts Gardens-Wingate, Brooklyn. The corner lies on the edge of the Prospect Lefferts Gardens Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, 30 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. In 2026, 930 red-light camera tickets were recorded here through July 26. The Engine 249/Ladder 113 firehouse is 800 feet away. The nearest subway, Sterling St, is about four minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places and 23 places to eat.

Safety record
29 hurt
30 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Sterling St
1,120 feet · 4 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
220 feet
Rogers Av/Lincoln Rd · B49
Within a walk
13 places
4 religious buildings, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Rogers Avenue & Lefferts Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 5 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Sterling 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 …

Also within a walk

  1. Prospect Park B, Q, S
    0.5 miles
    B Q S

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Rogers Av/Lincoln Rd, 220 feet away, for the B49.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Rogers Av/Lincoln Rd B49
    220 feet
    B49

Next buses at this stop

  1. B49 …

Live arrivals

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

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 1.7 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 30 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 29 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 October 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, July 2020

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2026 so far, through July 26, 930 red-light camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner.

Every corner with red-light camera tickets

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
60 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1907 and 1928.

Since 2014 at least 5 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 57 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2016 and July 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Lefferts Avenue

  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of Lefferts Avenue

  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

East side of Rogers Avenue

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

West side of Rogers Avenue

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

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands at the edge of the Prospect Lefferts Gardens Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 382 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

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 gardens
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. The Hollow Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    60 feet
  2. Daisley Institute Trade or language school
    710 feet
  3. Collective Play Ground Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    940 feet
Show all 4
  1. All My Children Day Care and Nursery 11 Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Maple Street Community Garden
    610 feet
  2. Lincoln Road Garden
    680 feet

Libraries, museums and history

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

Houses of worship

  1. Grace Reformed Church Flatbush House of worship
    1,120 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. James E Davis Post Office
    1,260 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 249/Ladder 113 Fire station
    800 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Western Beef Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 23 places to eat and 15 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Lefferts Avenue or Rogers Avenue.

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