Troy Avenue & St Johns Place

Troy Avenue and St Johns Place meet at a four-way crossing in Crown Heights (North), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 45 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. St Johns Place Post Office is 280 feet away, and Kipp Amp Elementary Charter School is 720 feet away. The nearest subway, Crown Hts-Utica Av, is about five minutes on foot, for the 3 and 4. Within a five-minute walk are 21 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 14 places to eat.

Safety record
29 hurt
45 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Crown Hts-Utica Av
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · 3, 4
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
Saint Johns Pl/Troy Av · B45
Within a walk
21 places
7 religious buildings, 5 schools and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Troy Avenue & St Johns Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Crown Hts-Utica Av, 0.3 miles from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

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

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Kingston Av 3
    0.4 miles
    3

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 Saint Johns Pl/Troy Av, 110 feet away, for the B45.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Saint Johns Pl/Troy Av B45
    110 feet
    B45

Next buses at this stop

  1. B45 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on St Johns Place.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Troy Ave & Park Pl 21 docks in all
    610 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 2.2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1802 Atlantic Avenue Gas station
    0.8 miles
  2. 959 Sterling Place Charging for electric cars, 21 Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 45 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 29 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 6 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, April 2016
  • Turn calming, January 2020

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11213
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 8
City Council district
35
Police precinct
77
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Crown Heights (North)
Elevation
99 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1906 and 1920.

Since 2014 at least 9 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 47 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 35 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2015 and September 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of St Johns Place

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of St Johns Place

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

East side of Troy Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Troy Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Landmarks and historic districts

Four buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Queen Anne, and built in 1890.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 5 schools
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 community center
  • 1 fire station
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Little Angel Day Care Center VI Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    270 feet
  2. Sunshine Infant & Toddler Program Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    440 feet
  3. Kipp Always Mentally Prepared Charter School
    720 feet
Show all 8
  1. Kipp Amp Elementary Charter School
    720 feet
  2. The School of Integrated Learning School
    720 feet
  3. United Lubavitcher Yeshivoth Annex School
    1,070 feet
  4. New Bridges Elementary School
    1,100 feet
  5. Edwards L. Cleaveland Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,230 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. St. John's Park
    1,030 feet
  2. St. John's Playground
    1,040 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. St Johns Place Post Office
    280 feet
  2. St Johns Recreation Center
    1,220 feet
  3. Albany Community Center
    1,250 feet

Fire and police

  1. Battalion 38/Engine 234/Ladder 123 Fire station
    890 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Shop Fair Supermarket
    730 feet
  2. Food Universe Supermarket
    900 feet
  3. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 14 places to eat and 12 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along St Johns Place 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, NYCHA, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.