Stratford Road & Matthews Court

Stratford Road and Matthews Court meet at a three-way junction in Flatbush (West)-Ditmas Park-Parkville, Brooklyn. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. The nearest subway, Beverley Rd, is about six minutes on foot, for the Q. Within a five-minute walk are two public places and 25 places to eat. About 700 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1901 and 1930, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. NYC Parks records 78 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the littleleaf linden.

Safety record
No crashes
0 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Beverley Rd
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · Q
Nearest bus stop
430 feet
Coney Island Av/Slocum Pl · B68
Within a walk
2 places
2 day care or pre-K sites, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Stratford Road & Matthews Court Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Beverley Rd, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  1. Beverley Rd Q
    0.3 miles
    Q

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. Q …
Southbound
1 line
  1. Q …

Also within a walk

  1. Cortelyou Rd Q
    0.4 miles
    Q

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Garden Stops” (1994) by Patsy Norvell at the Beverley Rd station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Coney Island Av/Slocum Pl, 430 feet away, for the B68.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Coney Island Av/Slocum Pl B68
    430 feet
    B68

Next buses at this stop

  1. B68 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Stratford Rd & Beverley Rd 19 docks in all
    480 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 546 Coney Island Avenue Gas station
    1,090 feet
  2. 581 Ocean Parkway Charging for electric cars, 13 Level 2 chargers
    1.1 miles
  3. 2699 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    2.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

No police-reported crashes between 2021 and 2025, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2016.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11218
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 14
City Council district
39 and 40 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
70
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Flatbush (West)-Ditmas Park-Parkville
Elevation
41 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1901 and 1930.

Since 2014 at least 2 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 78 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the littleleaf linden.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2017 and July 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Matthews Court

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Matthews Court

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Stratford Road

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 138 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Queen Anne, and mostly built between 1898 and 1902.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Two public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 day care or pre-K sites

Schools and child care

  1. Cortelyou Early Childhood Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,090 feet
  2. Honeydew Cortelyou Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    1,220 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    1,160 feet
  2. Mannan Halal Supermarket Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Key Food Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 25 places to eat and eight food stores.

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

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Matthews Court or Stratford Road.

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