Sterling Place & Howard Avenue

Sterling Place and Howard Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Ocean Hill, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 13 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. The Rescue 2 firehouse is 290 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Ralph Av/Sterling Pl, is 760 feet away for the B45, B47 and B65, and eight bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 25 public places, 11 of them religious buildings, and nine places to eat.

Safety record
6 hurt
13 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Jackie Robinson Parkway
1.4 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
760 feet
Ralph Av/Sterling Pl · B45, B47, B65
Within a walk
25 places
11 religious buildings, 4 gardens and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Sterling Place & Howard Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Ralph Av/Sterling Pl, 760 feet away, for the B45, B47 and B65.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Ralph Av/Sterling Pl B45, B47, B65
    760 feet
    B45 B47 B65

Next buses at this stop

  1. B45 …
  2. B47 …
  3. B65 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. St Johns Pl & Howard Ave 21 docks in all
    370 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 1.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1412 Eastern Parkway Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 170 Buffalo Avenue Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    2.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 13 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 6 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11233
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 16
City Council district
41
Police precinct
73
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Ocean Hill
Elevation
77 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 1,900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 314 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 59 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the green ash.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 39 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2019 and February 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Howard Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

West side of Howard Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Sterling Place

  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING FIRE ZONE

South side of Sterling Place

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING FIRE ZONE

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 25 public places.

  • 11 religious buildings
  • 4 gardens
  • 4 schools
  • 2 parks
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Dr. Jacqueline Peek-Davis School
    830 feet
  2. Ronald Edmonds Learning Center II School
    830 feet
  3. Webble Wobble Achievers Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    1,220 feet
Show all 5
  1. Brooklyn Ascend Charter School
    1,290 feet
  2. Brownsville Ascend Charter School
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Prospect Plaza Park
    320 feet
  2. Preston Community Garden
    600 feet
  3. Sterling Community Group Garden
    640 feet
Show all 6
  1. Brownsville Green Garden
    1,000 feet
  2. Zion Triangle
    1,120 feet
  3. Ralph-Lincoln Service Center Garden
    1,190 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Zion Triangle Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,150 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Parkway Theater Listed historic place
    750 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Mount Ararat Baptist Church House of worship
    850 feet

Fire and police

  1. Rescue 2 Fire station
    290 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    880 feet
  2. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    1,300 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are nine places to eat and 13 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Howard Avenue or Sterling Place.

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