Troy Avenue & Rutland Road

Troy Avenue and Rutland Road meet at a four-way crossing in Prospect Lefferts Gardens-Wingate, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 26 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Bnos Menachem is 1,050 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Albany Av/Rutland Rd, is 750 feet away for the B12, and four bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, five of them religious buildings, and two places to eat.

Safety record
19 hurt
26 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Prospect Expressway
2.5 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
750 feet
Albany Av/Rutland Rd · B12
Within a walk
13 places
5 religious buildings, 3 schools and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Troy Avenue & Rutland Road Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Albany Av/Rutland Rd, 750 feet away, for the B12.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Albany Av/Rutland Rd B12
    750 feet
    B12

Next buses at this stop

  1. B12 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 2.5 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
    0.6 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 26 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 19 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 6 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, January 2026

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 1,500 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 1968.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 47 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the cornelian cherry.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2018 and March 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Rutland Road

  • No parking 13 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY NOON-1:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Rutland Road

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY NOON-1:30PM

East side of Troy Avenue

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY NOON-1:30PM

West side of Troy Avenue

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

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 2 nursing homes or hospices
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 hospital
  • 1 older adult center

Schools and child care

  1. Achievement First Crown Heights Charter School
    890 feet
  2. New Heights Middle School
    890 feet
  3. Bnos Menachem School · school-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,050 feet

Health care

  1. Dr Susan Smith McKinney Nursing and Rehabilitation Center Nursing home or hospice
    1,040 feet
  2. Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Village Hospital
    1,280 feet
  3. Rutland Nursing Home Nursing home or hospice
    1,280 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 720 East New York Avenue Older adult center
    900 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 are two places to eat and three 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 of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Rutland Road or Troy Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, 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.