Story Street & Story Court

Story Street and Story Court meet at a three-way junction in Kensington, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Kensington Post Office is 990 feet away. The nearest subway, Church Av, is about three minutes on foot, for the F and G. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, six of them schools, and 20 places to eat. About 1,400 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1920 and 1931, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Church Av
760 feet · 3 min on foot · F, G
Nearest bus stop
270 feet
14 Av/Church Av · B35
Within a walk
10 places
6 schools, 1 listed historic place and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Story Street & Story Court Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Church Av, 760 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Church Av F, G
    760 feet
    F G

Next trains at this station

Northbound
2 lines
  1. F …
  2. G …
Southbound
2 lines
  1. F …
  2. G …

Also within a walk

  1. Ditmas Av F
    0.5 miles
    F

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 14 Av/Church Av, 270 feet away, for the B35.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 14 Av/Church Av B35 · Countdown sign
    270 feet
    B35
    Countdown sign

Next buses at this stop

  1. B35 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 34 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Church Ave & Story St 23 docks in all
    250 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at 11th Avenue & 18th Street, 1.2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 3437 Fort Hamilton Parkway Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 5115 15th Avenue Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    1.2 miles
  3. 1763 86th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported one crash at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2024.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11218
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 12
City Council district
39
Police precinct
66
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Kensington
Elevation
57 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1920 and 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 49 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 4 signs on these blocks
  • 1 rule

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in November 2017, and the sign on the street decides.

West side of Story Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 schools
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 pedestrian plaza
  • 1 post office
  • 1 religious building

Schools and child care

  1. Gan Yisroel School
    700 feet
  2. Bobover Yeshiva Bnei Zion School
    1,070 feet
  3. Kesser Malka School
    1,160 feet
Show all 6
  1. United Talmudical Academy-Boro Park School
    1,160 feet
  2. Bais Meir School
    1,220 feet
  3. Talmud Torah Ohel Yochanan School
    1,220 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Kensington Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,010 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Congregation Chevra Linath Hazedeck Listed historic place
    910 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Kensington Post Office Listed historic place
    990 feet

Bank branches

  1. Santander Bank Bank branch
    920 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Met Fresh Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. KRM Supermarket Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    1,060 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 20 places to eat and 20 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: 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 Story Street.

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