Shepherd Avenue & Arlington Avenue

Shepherd Avenue and Arlington Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Cypress Hills, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. P.S. 108 Sal Abbracciamento is 680 feet away. The nearest subway, Norwood Av, is about three minutes on foot, for the J and Z. Within a five-minute walk are 16 public places, ten of them religious buildings, and 17 places to eat. About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1901 and 1915, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
7 hurt
11 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Norwood Av
880 feet · 3 min on foot · J, Z
Nearest bus stop
950 feet
Atlantic Av/Shepherd Av · Q24
Within a walk
16 places
10 religious buildings, 3 schools and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Shepherd Avenue & Arlington Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Norwood Av, 880 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Norwood Av J, Z
    880 feet
    J Z

Next trains at this station

Outbound
2 lines
  1. J …
  2. Z …
Manhattan
2 lines
  1. J …
  2. Z …

Also within a walk

  1. Cleveland St J
    1,270 feet
    J

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Culture Swirl” (2007) by Margaret Lanzetta at the Norwood Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Atlantic Av/Shepherd Av, 950 feet away, for the Q24.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Atlantic Av/Shepherd Av Q24
    950 feet
    Q24

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q24 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 21 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Shepherd Ave & Fulton St 12 docks in all
    140 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 3170 Atlantic Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 570 Jamaica Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 1-01 Forest Park Drive Fast charging for electric cars
    2.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 11 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 7 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11208
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 5
City Council district
37
Police precinct
75
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Cypress Hills
Elevation
44 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1901 and 1915.

Since 2014 at least 15 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 53 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 19 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2017 and April 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Arlington Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

South side of Arlington Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

East side of Shepherd Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

West side of Shepherd Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Romanesque Revival, and built in 1895.

  1. Public School 108 Designated landmark
    630 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Sixteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 10 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 garden
  • 1 listed historic place

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 108 Sal Abbracciamento School
    680 feet
  2. Saint Peter’s Evangelical Lutheran Church, in the Borough of Brooklyn, City of New York Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    750 feet
  3. Followers of Jesus School
    820 feet
Show all 4
  1. East Brooklyn Ascend Charter School
    1,260 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Essex Street Community Garden
    480 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Substation #401 (BMT) Listed historic place
    410 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    670 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 17 places to eat and 21 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Arlington Avenue or Shepherd 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.