Rogers Avenue & Newkirk Avenue

Rogers Avenue and Newkirk Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in East Flatbush-Erasmus, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Central Brooklyn Ascend Charter Middle School is 850 feet away, and the Engine 255/Ladder 157 firehouse is 1,310 feet away. The nearest subway, Newkirk Av-Little Haiti, is about three minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are 23 public places, nine of them religious buildings, and 25 places to eat. A bus lane runs along Rogers Avenue, 7am to 7pm.

Safety record
2 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Newkirk Av-Little Haiti
760 feet · 3 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
400 feet
Rogers Av/Foster Av · B8, B49
Within a walk
23 places
9 religious buildings, 6 schools and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Rogers Avenue & Newkirk Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Newkirk Av-Little Haiti, 760 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Newkirk Av-Little Haiti 2, 5
    760 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. Beverly Rd 2, 5
    0.5 miles
    2 5

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Rogers Av/Foster Av, 400 feet away, for the B8 and B49.

  • 14 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Rogers Av/Foster Av B8, B49
    400 feet
    B8 B49

Next buses at this stop

  1. B8 …
  2. B49 …

Live arrivals

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

Cycling

  • 17 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 2.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1092 Rogers Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 1170 Ocean Avenue Charging for electric cars, eight Level 2 chargers
    0.8 miles
  3. 2699 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, November 2016

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11226
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 17
City Council district
45
Police precinct
67
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East Flatbush-Erasmus
Elevation
23 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 80 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 73 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2020 and June 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Newkirk Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

South side of Newkirk Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

East side of Rogers Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

West side of Rogers Avenue

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

Landmarks and historic districts

Fifteen buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Renaissance Revival, and built between 1909 and 1912.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 23 public places.

  • 9 religious buildings
  • 6 schools
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 older adult center
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Friends of Crown Heights Educational Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    320 feet
  2. The Friends of Crown Heights Educational Centers Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    330 feet
  3. New Generation Elementary School
    800 feet
Show all 11
  1. Central Brooklyn Ascend Charter Middle School
    850 feet
  2. New Generation Learning Center School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    940 feet
  3. Central Brooklyn Ascend Charter School
    950 feet
  4. The Reggio Emilia Montessori Center Pre-K
    960 feet
  5. Flatbush Haitian Center Trade or language school
    1,010 feet
  6. Brooklyn Kids Preparatory School
    1,150 feet
  7. Success Academy East Flatbush Charter Middle School
    1,230 feet
  8. Flatbush Ascend CS MS School
    1,280 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Jeromes Church House of worship
    690 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 1401 Flatbush Avenue Older adult center
    1,150 feet
  2. Flatbush YMCA Recreation center
    1,210 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 255/Ladder 157 Fire station
    1,310 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    880 feet

Supermarkets

  1. The Meat Place Supermarket
    960 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    1,070 feet
  3. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 25 places to eat and 22 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Newkirk Avenue or Rogers Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, NYC City Planning, 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.