Troy Avenue & Empire Boulevard

Troy Avenue and Empire Boulevard meet at a four-way crossing in Crown Heights (South), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 22 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. P.S. 221 Toussaint L'Ouverture is 390 feet away. The nearest subway, Crown Hts-Utica Av, is about ten minutes on foot, for the 3 and 4. Within a five-minute walk are 21 public places, seven of them day care or pre-K sites, and nine places to eat. About 2,400 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
14 hurt
22 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Crown Hts-Utica Av
0.5 miles · 10 min on foot · 3, 4
Nearest bus stop
130 feet
Troy Av/Empire Blvd · B17
Within a walk
21 places
7 day care or pre-K sites, 7 schools and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Troy Avenue & Empire Boulevard Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Crown Hts-Utica Av, 0.5 miles from this corner, about ten minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Crown Hts-Utica Av 3, 4
    0.5 miles
    3 4

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
2 lines
  1. 3 …
  2. 4 …
Outbound
2 lines
  1. 3 …
  2. 4 …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Good Morning and Good Night” (2004) by Hugo Consuegra at the Crown Hts-Utica Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Troy Av/Empire Blvd, 130 feet away, for the B17.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Troy Av/Empire Blvd B17
    130 feet
    B17

Next buses at this stop

  1. B17 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Empire Boulevard.

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

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 2.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 441 Remsen Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 375 Lefferts Avenue Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    2.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 22 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 14 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Turn calming, January 2024

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11213
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 9
City Council district
35 and 40 and 41 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
71
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Crown Heights (South)
Elevation
61 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to three travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 2,400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 52 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 63 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 42 signs on these blocks
  • 12 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2019 and March 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Empire Boulevard

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY NOON-1:30PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

South side of Empire Boulevard

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY NOON-1:30PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Troy Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY NOON-1:30PM

West side of Troy Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY NOON-1:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 335370.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 21 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Ed Inst-Oholei Torah-Troy Avenue School
    180 feet
  2. Uncommon Schools School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    310 feet
  3. P.S. 221 Toussaint L'Ouverture School
    390 feet
Show all 13
  1. Uncommon Ocean Hill CMS School
    390 feet
  2. Bnos Menachem School · school-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    600 feet
  3. All My Children Day Care and Nursery Preschool
    630 feet
  4. Achievement First Crown Heights Charter School
    880 feet
  5. New Heights Middle School
    880 feet
  6. Cheeryos Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,070 feet
  7. Cheeryos Daycare Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    1,070 feet
  8. Yeshiva Beis Chaya Mushka School
    1,150 feet
  9. Beis Chaya Muska School School-based preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,160 feet
  10. United Lubavitcher Yeshivoth Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Hamilton Metz Field
    1,030 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 483 Albany Avenue Older adult center
    1,000 feet
  2. Older adult center at 720 East New York Avenue Older adult center
    1,000 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    1,170 feet

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: 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 Empire Boulevard 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.