Rogers Avenue & Martense Street

Rogers Avenue and Martense Street meet at a four-way crossing in East Flatbush-Erasmus, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 26 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. The Monarch at Brooklyn Rehabilitation and Nursing Center is 1,050 feet away. The nearest subway, Church Av, is about four minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places, nine of them religious buildings, and 34 places to eat. A bus lane runs along Rogers Avenue, 7am to 7pm.

Safety record
11 hurt
26 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Church Av
1,090 feet · 4 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
160 feet
Rogers Av/Church Av · B44 SBS, B49
Within a walk
15 places
9 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Rogers Avenue & Martense Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Church Av, 1,090 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Church Av 2, 5
    1,090 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. Winthrop St 2, 5
    0.5 miles
    2 5

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Transitions” (2001) by Louis Delsarte at the Church Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Rogers Av/Church Av, 160 feet away, for the B44 SBS and B49.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Rogers Av/Church Av B44 SBS, B49
    160 feet
    B44 SBS B49

Next buses at this stop

  1. B44 SBS …
  2. B49 …

Live arrivals

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

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Rogers Ave & Lenox Rd 23 docks in all
    840 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. 2193 Bedford Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 123 Linden Boulevard Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    930 feet
  3. 2699 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    2.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 26 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 11 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, July 2020

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11226
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 17
City Council district
40
Police precinct
67
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East Flatbush-Erasmus
Elevation
53 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 248 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 44 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2015 and April 2022, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Martense Street

  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of Martense Street

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

East side of Rogers Avenue

  • Time-limited parking 2 signs 2 HOUR PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

West side of Rogers Avenue

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 9 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 nursing home or hospice
  • 1 post office
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Rogers' Day Care Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    180 feet
  2. Lil Rockerz Daycare Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    450 feet
  3. Flatbush Ascend Charter School
    910 feet

Health care

  1. The Monarch at Brooklyn Rehabilitation and Nursing Center Nursing home or hospice
    1,050 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. New York Congregational Home for the Aged Listed historic place
    930 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Holy Cross RC Church House of worship
    470 feet
  2. Temple of Restoration House of worship
    1,020 feet
  3. Faith Assemblies of God Church House of worship
    1,070 feet
Show all 4
  1. Goshen Temple 7 Day Adventists Church House of worship
    1,070 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Flatbush Post Office Listed historic place
    1,190 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,200 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    410 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    1,240 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.3 miles
  2. Target Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 34 places to eat and 22 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Martense 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, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.