Schenectady Avenue & Sterling Place

Schenectady Avenue and Sterling Place meet at a four-way crossing in Crown Heights (North), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 25 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Eastern Parkway Library is 1,160 feet away. The nearest subway, Crown Hts-Utica Av, is about four minutes on foot, for the 3 and 4. Within a five-minute walk are 24 public places, nine of them religious buildings, and 22 places to eat. About 2,300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1906 and 1922, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
18 hurt
25 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Crown Hts-Utica Av
1,000 feet · 4 min on foot · 3, 4
Nearest bus stop
370 feet
Saint Johns Pl/Schenectady Av · B45
Within a walk
24 places
9 religious buildings, 4 day care or pre-K sites and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Schenectady Avenue & Sterling Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Crown Hts-Utica Av, 1,000 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Crown Hts-Utica Av 3, 4
    1,000 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, 370 feet away, for the B45.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B45 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 37 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 5 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 2.2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1802 Atlantic Avenue Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 959 Sterling Place Charging for electric cars, 21 Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 25 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, July 2024

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11213
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 8
City Council district
35 and 36 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
77
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Crown Heights (North)
Elevation
103 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are 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 1906 and 1922.

Since 2014 at least 17 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 48 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the Japanese zelkova and the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 37 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2021 and January 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Schenectady Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Schenectady Avenue

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

North side of Sterling Place

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

South side of Sterling Place

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 24 public places.

  • 9 religious buildings
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 4 schools
  • 2 libraries
  • 1 fire station
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Sunshine Infant & Toddler Program Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    640 feet
  2. New Bridges Elementary School
    920 feet
  3. Kipp Always Mentally Prepared Charter School
    1,160 feet
Show all 8
  1. Kipp Amp Elementary Charter School
    1,160 feet
  2. The School of Integrated Learning School
    1,160 feet
  3. Bka of NY Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,280 feet
  4. Brooklyn Kids Academy Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    1,280 feet
  5. Roots to Grow Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. St. John's Park
    710 feet
  2. Eden’s Community Garden
    1,200 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Eastern Parkway Library
    1,160 feet
  2. Eastern Parkway Learning Center Library
    1,170 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Mathew RC Church House of worship
    1,210 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. St Johns Recreation Center
    1,090 feet
  2. St Johns Place Post Office
    1,270 feet

Fire and police

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

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    460 feet
  2. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    990 feet
  3. Shop Fair Supermarket
    1,100 feet

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 22 places to eat and 14 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 Sterling Place.

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 Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.