Schenectady Avenue & St Marks Avenue

Schenectady Avenue and St Marks Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Crown Heights (North), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 13 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Eden’s Community Garden is 220 feet away, and P.S. 243k- the Weeksville School is 1,230 feet away. The nearest subway, Crown Hts-Utica Av, is about eight minutes on foot, and four subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 30 public places, 18 of them religious buildings, and eight places to eat.

Safety record
4 hurt
13 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Crown Hts-Utica Av
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · 3, 4
Nearest bus stop
380 feet
Bergen St/Schenectady Av · B15, B65
Within a walk
30 places
18 religious buildings, 3 gardens and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Schenectady Avenue & St Marks Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Crown Hts-Utica Av, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Crown Hts-Utica Av 3, 4
    0.4 miles
    3 4

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Utica Av A, C
    0.4 miles
    A C

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 Bergen St/Schenectady Av, 380 feet away, for the B15 and B65.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bergen St/Schenectady Av B15, B65 · Shelter
    380 feet
    B15 B65
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B15 …
  2. B65 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 39 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Schenectady Ave & Prospect Pl 19 docks in all
    340 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
    0.4 miles
  2. 170 Buffalo Avenue Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 13 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11213
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 8
City Council district
36
Police precinct
77
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Crown Heights (North)
Elevation
93 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 114 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 95 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 16 signs on these blocks
  • 3 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2021 and June 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Schenectady Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

North side of St Marks Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of St Marks Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 30 public places.

  • 18 religious buildings
  • 3 gardens
  • 2 parks
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 2 schools
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Launch Expeditionary Learning Charter School
    1,230 feet
  2. P.S. 243k- the Weeksville School
    1,230 feet
  3. Brooklyn Kindergarten Society Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. St. John's Park
    70 feet
  2. Eden’s Community Garden
    220 feet
  3. Imani Community Garden (Schenectady) Garden
    700 feet
Show all 7
  1. Imani II Community Garden
    810 feet
  2. St. John's Playground
    1,100 feet
  3. Harmony Park
    1,260 feet
  4. Woods Playground
    1,290 feet

Houses of worship

  1. International Christian Center House of worship
    750 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. St Johns Recreation Center
    470 feet

Fire and police

  1. 77th Precinct Police station
    1,030 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    1,180 feet
  2. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    1,110 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are eight places to eat and seven food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Schenectady Avenue or St Marks Avenue.

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