Schenectady Avenue & Cortelyou Road
Schenectady Avenue and Cortelyou Road meet at a four-way crossing in East Flatbush-Rugby, Brooklyn, at the edge of Holy Cross Cemetery. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Tilden Playground is 1,240 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Utica Av/Beverly Rd, is 1,180 feet away for the B46, and five bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are four public places, two of them religious buildings, and one place to eat.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Utica Av/Beverly Rd, 1,180 feet away, for the B46.
- 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Utica Av/Beverly Rd B461,180 feetB46
Next buses at this stop
- B46 …
Cycling
- 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk
Nearest bike-share station
- Beverley Rd & E 49 St 22 docks in all880 feet
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 2.8 miles by car along the streets.
- 1141 Utica Avenue Gas station0.3 miles
- 581 Clarkson Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers1.1 miles
- 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars2 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedNo police-reported crashes between 2021 and 2025, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.
The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2020.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11203
- Community board
- Brooklyn Community Board 17
- City Council district
- 45
- Police precinct
- 67
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- East Flatbush-Rugby; the corner is on the edge of the Holy Cross Cemetery area
- Elevation
- 33 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
Homes
About 500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1925 and 1935.
Trees
NYC Parks records 48 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 34 signs on these blocks
- 6 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2016 and October 2023, and the sign on the street decides.
North side of Cortelyou Road
- No standing 13 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
South side of Cortelyou Road
- No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
East side of Schenectady Avenue
- No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
West side of Schenectady Avenue
- No parking 10 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
- Road tests only 4 signs NYS ROAD TEST ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-5PM
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedFour public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 2 religious buildings
- 1 day care or pre-K site
- 1 playground
Schools and child care
- Faces of the Future Early Learning Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K1,260 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Tilden Playground1,240 feet
Supermarkets
- Ideal Food Basket Supermarket0.5 miles
Other stores
- Dollar Tree Store0.4 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there is one place to eat and five food stores.
Not on record for this corner:
- A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
- A bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet
- A signal or safety change
- A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet
Nearby corners
The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:
- East 48th Street & Canarsie Lane 270 feet
- Cortelyou Road & East 46th Street 270 feet
- Schenectady Avenue & Beverley Road 330 feet
- Schenectady Avenue & Clarendon Road 360 feet
- East 45th Street & Cortelyou Road 530 feet
- East 48th Street & Beverley Road 570 feet
- East 46th Street & Clarendon Road 600 feet
- East 48th Street & Clarendon Road 630 feet
See every intersection along Canarsie Lane, Cortelyou Road or Schenectady Avenue.