Schenectady Avenue & Church Avenue

Schenectady Avenue and Church Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in East Flatbush-Rugby, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 23 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. P.S. 135 Sheldon A. Brookner is 740 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Church Av/E 48 St, is 240 feet away for the B35, and three bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 19 public places, 13 of them religious buildings, and 31 places to eat.

Safety record
18 hurt
23 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Prospect Expressway
2.5 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
240 feet
Church Av/E 48 St · B35
Within a walk
19 places
13 religious buildings, 4 schools and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Schenectady Avenue & Church Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Church Av/E 48 St, 240 feet away, for the B35.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Church Av/E 48 St B35
    240 feet
    B35

Next buses at this stop

  1. B35 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 49 St & Church Ave 25 docks in all
    580 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 2.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 5802 Church Avenue Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 581 Clarkson Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 23 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, March 2018

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11203
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 17
City Council district
41 and 45 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
67
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East Flatbush-Rugby
Elevation
31 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 1,600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1920 and 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 46 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 38 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules
  • 4 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

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

North side of Church Avenue

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

South side of Church Avenue

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME

East side of Schenectady Avenue

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

West side of Schenectady Avenue

  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-5PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 331861 and 338509.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nineteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 13 religious buildings
  • 4 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites

Schools and child care

  1. Apple Tree Learning Center School
    420 feet
  2. Apple Tree Daycare Ac Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    500 feet
  3. Excelsior Elementary School
    660 feet
Show all 6
  1. P.S. 135 Sheldon A. Brookner School
    740 feet
  2. Battalion Christian Academy School
    890 feet
  3. Innovators Prep Preschool
    1,010 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Rugby Congregational Church Listed historic place
    1,040 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    980 feet
  2. Capital One Bank branch
    1,170 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    400 feet
  2. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. 4003 Church Farm Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    850 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 31 places to eat and 15 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Church Avenue or Schenectady Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.