St Marks Avenue & East New York Avenue

St Marks Avenue and East New York Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Ocean Hill, Brooklyn, at the edge of NYCHA's Howard development. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Brooklyn corner. Howard Pool is 40 feet away. The nearest subway, Atlantic Av, is about eight minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 22 public places, 17 of them religious buildings, and three places to eat. About 1,800 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
2 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Atlantic Av
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
680 feet
Rockaway Av/Prospect Pl · B12, B60
Within a walk
22 places
17 religious buildings, 2 playgrounds and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
St Marks Avenue & East New York Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Atlantic Av, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Atlantic Av L
    0.4 miles
    L

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. L …
Canarsie
1 line
  1. L …

Also within a walk

  1. Rockaway Av C
    0.5 miles
    C

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Rockaway Av/Prospect Pl, 680 feet away, for the B12 and B60.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Rockaway Av/Prospect Pl B12, B60
    680 feet
    B12 B60

Next buses at this stop

  1. B12 …
  2. B60 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on East New York Avenue and St Marks Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Bergen St & Mother Gaston Blvd 24 docks in all
    450 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. 2111 Monaco Place Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 492 Thomas Boyland Street Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, October 2019

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11212
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 16
City Council district
37 and 41 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
73
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Ocean Hill
Elevation
56 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

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

Since 2014 at least 347 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 22 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2015 and August 2019, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of St Marks Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-4PM

West side of St Marks Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 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 22 public places.

  • 17 religious buildings
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 ambulance station
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 park

Schools and child care

  1. Brooklyn Kindergarten Society Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    40 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Howard Pool Park
    40 feet
  2. Ocean Hill Playground
    1,020 feet
  3. Howard Playground
    1,020 feet

Health care

  1. EMS Station 44 Ambulance station
    990 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Our Lady Presentation & Loreto Church House of worship
    630 feet
  2. International Revival Tabernacle House of worship
    1,080 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    320 feet
  2. Family Dollar Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are three places to eat and 11 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East New York Avenue or St Marks Avenue.

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