Rogers Avenue & Sterling Street

Rogers Avenue and Sterling Street 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, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Brooklyn corner. Maple Street Community Garden is 900 feet away. The nearest subway, Sterling St, is about three minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places, four of them day care or pre-K sites, and 25 places to eat. A bus lane runs along Rogers Avenue, 7am to 7pm.

Safety record
5 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Sterling St
840 feet · 3 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
Rogers Av/Sterling St · B49
Within a walk
15 places
4 day care or pre-K sites, 3 religious buildings and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Rogers Avenue & Sterling Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Sterling St, 840 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Sterling St 2, 5
    840 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/Sterling St, 110 feet away, for the B49.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Rogers Av/Sterling St B49
    110 feet
    B49

Next buses at this stop

  1. B49 …

Live arrivals

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

Cycling

  • 33 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
    50 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 1.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 240 Empire Boulevard Gas station
    280 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
    2.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2023.

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
65 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1909 and 1928.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 52 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

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 July 2021 and June 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Rogers Avenue

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

West side of Rogers Avenue

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

North side of Sterling Street

  • Carshare only 1 sign CARSHARE PARKING ONLY OTHERS NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of Sterling Street

  • Carshare only 1 sign CARSHARE PARKING ONLY OTHERS NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

Landmarks and historic districts

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

Within 820 feet, 301 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.

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

Schools and child care

  1. The Hollow Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    230 feet
  2. Daisley Institute Trade or language school
    420 feet
  3. All My Children Day Care and Nursery 11 Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,000 feet
Show all 5
  1. Bambi Day Care Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,150 feet
  2. Collective Play Ground Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,230 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Maple Street Community Garden
    900 feet
  2. Lincoln Road Garden
    960 feet
  3. Marc And Jason's Playground
    1,050 feet
Show all 4
  1. Dodger Playground
    1,060 feet

Libraries, museums and history

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

Community centers and public services

  1. James E Davis Post Office
    980 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 249/Ladder 113 Fire station
    1,080 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,100 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Western Beef Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 25 places to eat and 14 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Rogers Avenue or Sterling Street.

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.