Troy Avenue & Fenimore Street

Troy Avenue and Fenimore Street meet at a three-way junction in Prospect Lefferts Gardens-Wingate, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Dr Susan Smith McKinney Nursing and Rehabilitation Center is 1,000 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Albany Av/Fenimore St, is 770 feet away for the B12, and four bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, three of them religious buildings, and one place to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Prospect Expressway
2.3 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
770 feet
Albany Av/Fenimore St · B12
Within a walk
8 places
3 religious buildings, 2 schools and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Troy Avenue & Fenimore Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Albany Av/Fenimore St, 770 feet away, for the B12.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Albany Av/Fenimore St B12 · Shelter
    770 feet
    B12
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B12 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Rutland Rd & E 45 St 23 docks in all
    540 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 2.3 miles by car along the streets.

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

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2024.

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
30 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1945 and 1964.

Since 2014 at least 20 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 33 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 16 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2018 and July 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Fenimore Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY NOON-1:30PM

South side of Fenimore Street

  • No parking 5 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

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 nursing home or hospice
  • 1 older adult center

Schools and child care

  1. Achievement First Crown Heights Charter School
    1,150 feet
  2. New Heights Middle School
    1,150 feet
  3. Bnosmenachem School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,310 feet

Health care

  1. Dr Susan Smith McKinney Nursing and Rehabilitation Center Nursing home or hospice
    1,000 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 720 East New York Avenue Older adult center
    1,160 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there is one place to eat and three food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Fenimore Street or Troy Avenue.

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