Schenectady Avenue & St Johns Place

Schenectady Avenue and St Johns Place meet at a four-way crossing in Crown Heights (North), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 63 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. The Battalion 38/Engine 234/Ladder 123 firehouse is 120 feet away, and Eastern Parkway Learning Center is 840 feet away. The nearest subway, Crown Hts-Utica Av, is about three minutes on foot, for the 3 and 4. Within a five-minute walk are 18 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 25 places to eat.

Safety record
27 hurt
63 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Crown Hts-Utica Av
670 feet · 3 min on foot · 3, 4
Nearest bus stop
40 feet
Saint Johns Pl/Schenectady Av · B45
Within a walk
18 places
7 religious buildings, 5 day care or pre-K sites and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Schenectady Avenue & St Johns Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Crown Hts-Utica Av, 670 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Crown Hts-Utica Av 3, 4
    670 feet
    3 4

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
2 lines
  1. 3 …
  2. 4 …
Outbound
2 lines
  1. 3 …
  2. 4 …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Good Morning and Good Night” (2004) by Hugo Consuegra at the Crown Hts-Utica Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Saint Johns Pl/Schenectady Av, 40 feet away, for the B45.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Saint Johns Pl/Schenectady Av B45 · Shelter
    40 feet
    B45
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B45 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on St Johns Place.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Sterling Pl & Schenectady Ave 21 docks in all
    350 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 2.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1802 Atlantic Avenue Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 170 Buffalo Avenue Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 63 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 27 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 7 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, April 2016
  • Turn calming, August 2021

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11213
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 8
City Council district
35
Police precinct
77
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Crown Heights (North)
Elevation
105 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 2,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1907 and 1925.

Since 2014 at least 8 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 32 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the American basswood and the bur oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 51 signs on these blocks
  • 18 different rules
  • 3 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2016 and February 2024; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Schenectady Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING 4PM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING FIRE ZONE

West side of Schenectady Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of St Johns Place

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AVO FIRE DEPARTMENT
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING 8AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING FIRE ZONE

South side of St Johns Place

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 318967 and 330237.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eighteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 5 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 libraries
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 park
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. New Bridges Elementary School
    600 feet
  2. Bka of NY Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    950 feet
  3. Brooklyn Kids Academy Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    950 feet
Show all 6
  1. Roots to Grow Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    950 feet
  2. Sunshine Infant & Toddler Program Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    970 feet
  3. Little Angel Day Care Center VI Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,040 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. St. John's Park
    1,040 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Eastern Parkway Library
    840 feet
  2. Eastern Parkway Learning Center Library
    840 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Mathew RC Church House of worship
    880 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. St Johns Place Post Office
    1,050 feet

Fire and police

  1. Battalion 38/Engine 234/Ladder 123 Fire station
    120 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,080 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    130 feet
  2. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    670 feet
  3. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 25 places to eat and 15 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 Schenectady Avenue or St Johns Place.

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.