St Marks Avenue & Albany Avenue

St Marks Avenue and Albany Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Crown Heights (North), Brooklyn, at the edge of NYCHA's Albany II development. The corner lies on the edge of the Crown Heights North III Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. St. Mark's Playground is 300 feet away. The nearest subway, Kingston-Throop Avs, is about nine minutes on foot, for the C. Within a five-minute walk are 21 public places, seven of them schools, and nine places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
11 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Kingston-Throop Avs
0.5 miles · 9 min on foot · C
Nearest bus stop
430 feet
Bergen St/Albany Av · B65
Within a walk
21 places
7 schools, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
St Marks Avenue & Albany Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Kingston-Throop Avs, 0.5 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  1. Kingston-Throop Avs C
    0.5 miles
    C

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. C …
Outbound
1 line
  1. C …

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Bergen St/Albany Av, 430 feet away, for the B65.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bergen St/Albany Av B65
    430 feet
    B65

Next buses at this stop

  1. B65 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Bergen St & Troy Ave 22 docks in all
    1,040 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. 145 Brooklyn Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.6 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 11 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 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
91 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 2,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

The corner stands at the edge of NYCHA's Albany II development.

Since 2014 at least 12 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

Twenty trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

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

West side of Albany Avenue

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

North side of St Marks Avenue

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of St Marks Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands at the edge of the Crown Heights North III Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 249 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Renaissance Revival, and mostly built between 1896 and 1902.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 21 public places.

  • 7 schools
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 parks
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Creative Learning Academy Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    270 feet
  2. Lighthouse Early Learning Center School
    270 feet
  3. Academy for Health Careers School
    610 feet
Show all 10
  1. Pathways in Technology Early College High School (P-Tech) School
    610 feet
  2. Edwards L. Cleaveland Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    840 feet
  3. Little Me Daycare Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,100 feet
  4. P.S. 289 George V. Brower School
    1,150 feet
  5. Kipp Always Mentally Prepared Charter School
    1,170 feet
  6. Kipp Amp Elementary Charter School
    1,170 feet
  7. The School of Integrated Learning School
    1,170 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. St. Mark's Playground
    300 feet
  2. St. John's Park
    800 feet
  3. St. John's Playground
    820 feet
Show all 4
  1. Brower Park
    1,150 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Crown Heights North Historic District (Boundary Increase) Listed historic place
    1,290 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 196 Albany Avenue Older adult center
    270 feet
  2. Albany Community Center
    840 feet
  3. St Johns Recreation Center
    1,160 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Shop Fair Supermarket
    1,250 feet
  2. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Key Food Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

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

Nearby corners

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

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