Troy Avenue & East New York Avenue

Troy Avenue and East New York Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Prospect Lefferts Gardens-Wingate, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 17 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Bnos Menachem is 260 feet away. The nearest bus stop, East New York Av/Troy Av, is 120 feet away for the B12, and five bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 18 public places, seven of them schools, and six places to eat. About 1,800 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
5 hurt
17 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Jackie Robinson Parkway
2.5 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
120 feet
East New York Av/Troy Av · B12
Within a walk
18 places
7 schools, 5 religious buildings and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Troy Avenue & East New York Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is East New York Av/Troy Av, 120 feet away, for the B12.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. East New York Av/Troy Av B12 · Shelter
    120 feet
    B12
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B12 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on East New York Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E New York Ave & Troy Ave 21 docks in all
    90 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 2.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 441 Remsen Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 581 Clarkson Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.6 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 17 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, September 2013
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, October 2020

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11203
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 9
City Council district
40 and 41 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
71
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Prospect Lefferts Gardens-Wingate
Elevation
41 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • 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.

Since 2014 at least 58 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 45 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the American elm and the scarlet oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 40 signs on these blocks
  • 14 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2020 and July 2025; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East New York Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING SATURDAY 8AM-7PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY NOON-1:30PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING 8AM-MIDNIGHT ALL DAYS
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-6PM

South side of East New York Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY NOON-1:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 330849 and 339595.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eighteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 schools
  • 5 religious buildings
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 older adult centers
  • 1 field

Schools and child care

  1. Bnos Menachem School · school-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    260 feet
  2. Achievement First Crown Heights Charter School
    370 feet
  3. New Heights Middle School
    370 feet
Show all 9
  1. Ed Inst-Oholei Torah-Troy Avenue School
    680 feet
  2. Uncommon Schools School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    810 feet
  3. P.S. 221 Toussaint L'Ouverture School
    890 feet
  4. Uncommon Ocean Hill CMS School
    890 feet
  5. P.S. 091 the Albany Avenue School
    1,030 feet
  6. All My Children Day Care and Nursery Preschool
    1,030 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Hamilton Metz Field
    780 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 720 East New York Avenue Older adult center
    500 feet
  2. Older adult center at 483 Albany Avenue Older adult center
    1,090 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    670 feet

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    1,110 feet

Food stores and places to eat

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

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East New York Avenue or Troy 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, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.