Troy Avenue & Midwood Street

Troy Avenue and Midwood Street meet at a three-way junction in Prospect Lefferts Gardens-Wingate, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. New Heights Middle School is 630 feet away. The nearest bus stop, East New York Av/Troy Av, is 650 feet away for the B12, and four bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places, six of them religious buildings, and three places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Prospect Expressway
2.4 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
650 feet
East New York Av/Troy Av · B12
Within a walk
15 places
6 religious buildings, 5 schools and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Troy Avenue & Midwood Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is East New York Av/Troy Av, 650 feet away, for the B12.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B12 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 3 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations 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, 2.4 miles by car along the streets.

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

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 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
29 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 1,600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 51 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 61 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the white oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 14 signs on these blocks
  • 3 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2016 and August 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Midwood Street

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

South side of Midwood Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY NOON-1:30PM

West side of Troy Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY NOON-1:30PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 5 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 field
  • 1 nursing home or hospice
  • 1 older adult center

Schools and child care

  1. Achievement First Crown Heights Charter School
    630 feet
  2. New Heights Middle School
    630 feet
  3. Bnos Menachem School · school-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    790 feet
Show all 5
  1. P.S. 091 the Albany Avenue School
    1,150 feet
  2. Ed Inst-Oholei Torah-Troy Avenue School
    1,210 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Hamilton Metz Field
    1,310 feet

Health care

  1. Dr Susan Smith McKinney Nursing and Rehabilitation Center Nursing home or hospice
    1,300 feet

Community centers and public services

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

Supermarkets

  1. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    1,200 feet

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are three places to eat and six 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 nearest corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Midwood 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.