Sterling Place & Kingston Avenue

Sterling Place and Kingston Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Crown Heights (North), Brooklyn. 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. Congregation Shaari Zedek stands 190 feet away. The nearest subway, Kingston Av, is about four minutes on foot, for the 3. Within a five-minute walk are 31 public places, 19 of them religious buildings, and 19 places to eat.

Safety record
5 hurt
11 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Kingston Av
1,090 feet · 4 min on foot · 3
Nearest bus stop
220 feet
Kingston Av/Saint Johns Pl · B43
Within a walk
31 places
19 religious buildings, 4 schools and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Sterling Place & Kingston Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Kingston Av, 1,090 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  1. Kingston Av 3
    1,090 feet
    3

Next trains at this station

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Kingston Av/Saint Johns Pl, 220 feet away, for the B43.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Kingston Av/Saint Johns Pl B43 · Shelter
    220 feet
    B43
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B43 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Kingston Avenue and Sterling Place.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Kingston Ave & Park Pl 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, 2.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 51 Brooklyn Avenue Gas station
    0.6 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 11 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 5 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, March 2020
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, March 2020

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11213
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 8
City Council district
35 and 36 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
77
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Crown Heights (North)
Elevation
87 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,200 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 51 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the London planetree and the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 28 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2016 and August 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Kingston Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of Kingston Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

North side of Sterling Place

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of Sterling Place

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING TUESDAY THURSDAY SATURDAY 7AM-11AM

Landmarks and historic districts

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

Within 820 feet, 388 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Renaissance Revival, and mostly built between 1899 and 1907.

  1. Congregation Shaari Zedek Designated landmark
    190 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 31 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Arista Preparatory School School-based preschool, ages 2 to 5
    140 feet
  2. Yeled Vyalda Early Childhood Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    680 feet
  3. Arista Prep School
    720 feet
Show all 7
  1. P.S. 289 George V. Brower School
    880 feet
  2. Yeshiva Beis Chaya Mushka School
    1,120 feet
  3. Chabad Girls Academy School
    1,140 feet
  4. Edwards L. Cleaveland Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Brower Park
    380 feet
  2. Brower Park Playground
    910 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Crown Heights North Historic District (Boundary Increase) Listed historic place
    500 feet
  2. Jewish Children's Museum
    1,110 feet

Houses of worship

  1. First Church of God in Christ House of worship
    270 feet
  2. St Gregory the Great RC Church House of worship
    940 feet
  3. Chabad Lubavitch World HQ House of worship
    1,160 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 230 Kingston Avenue Older adult center
    190 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    930 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    770 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 19 places to eat and eight food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Kingston Avenue or Sterling 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.