St Johns Place & Kingston Avenue

St Johns Place and Kingston Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Crown Heights (North), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 29 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. The city lists this corner as a Vision Zero priority intersection. First Church of God in Christ is 600 feet away, and Yeshiva Beis Chaya Mushka is 790 feet away. The nearest subway, Kingston Av, is about three minutes on foot, for the 3. Within a five-minute walk are 32 public places, 20 of them religious buildings, and 17 places to eat.

Safety record
18 hurt
29 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Kingston Av
770 feet · 3 min on foot · 3
Nearest bus stop
50 feet
Saint Johns Pl/Kingston Av · B45
Within a walk
32 places
20 religious buildings, 4 schools and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
St Johns Place & Kingston Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Kingston Av, 770 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  1. Kingston Av 3
    770 feet
    3

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. 3 …
Outbound
1 line
  1. 3 …

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Saint Johns Pl/Kingston Av, 50 feet away, for the B45.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Saint Johns Pl/Kingston Av B45 · Shelter
    50 feet
    B45
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B45 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Kingston Avenue and St Johns Place.

  • 25 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. St Johns Pl & Kingston Ave 22 docks in all
    60 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 2.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 51 Brooklyn Avenue Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 959 Sterling Place Charging for electric cars, 21 Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 29 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

The city lists this corner as a Vision Zero priority intersection, a designation it applies to corners selected for attention on their injury record. It is not a record of work done.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, August 2016
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, August 2022

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
90 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 1905 and 1931.

Since 2014 at least 23 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 50 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
  • 15 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2020 and September 2025; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Kingston Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 3PM-7PM SATURDAY 9AM-7PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING SATURDAY 8:30AM-9AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCKS LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-3PM

West side of Kingston Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

North side of St Johns Place

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 324199 and 331618.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 341 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Renaissance Revival, and mostly built between 1902 and 1909.

  1. Congregation Shaari Zedek Designated landmark
    500 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 32 public places.

  • 20 religious buildings
  • 4 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 museum
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Yeled Vyalda Early Childhood Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    350 feet
  2. Arista Prep School
    390 feet
  3. Arista Preparatory School School-based preschool, ages 2 to 5
    460 feet
Show all 6
  1. Yeshiva Beis Chaya Mushka School
    790 feet
  2. Chabad Girls Academy School
    810 feet
  3. P.S. 289 George V. Brower School
    1,200 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Brower Park
    700 feet
  2. Brower Park Playground
    1,240 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Jewish Children's Museum
    780 feet
  2. Crown Heights North Historic District (Boundary Increase) Listed historic place
    830 feet

Houses of worship

  1. First Church of God in Christ House of worship
    600 feet
  2. Chabad Lubavitch World HQ House of worship
    830 feet
  3. St Gregory the Great RC Church House of worship
    930 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 230 Kingston Avenue Older adult center
    320 feet
  2. St Johns Place Post Office
    1,290 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    600 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.5 miles
  3. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    440 feet

Food stores and places to eat

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

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

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