Troy Avenue & Sterling Place

Troy Avenue and Sterling Place meet at a four-way crossing in Crown Heights (North), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 24 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Kipp Always Mentally Prepared Charter School is 390 feet away. The nearest subway, Crown Hts-Utica Av, is about six minutes on foot, for the 3 and 4. Within a five-minute walk are 19 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 15 places to eat. About 2,600 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
6 hurt
24 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Crown Hts-Utica Av
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · 3, 4
Nearest bus stop
410 feet
Saint Johns Pl/Troy Av · B45
Within a walk
19 places
7 religious buildings, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Troy Avenue & Sterling 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 six 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
    0.5 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, 410 feet away, for the B45.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Saint Johns Pl/Troy Av B45 · Shelter
    410 feet
    B45
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B45 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 2.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1802 Atlantic Avenue Gas station
    0.7 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
    2.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 24 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, April 2016

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11213
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 8
City Council district
35 and 36 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
77
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Crown Heights (North)
Elevation
96 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 2,600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 53 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2017 and January 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Sterling Place

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

South side of Sterling Place

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Troy Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Troy Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

Landmarks and historic districts

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nineteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Sunshine Infant & Toddler Program Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    110 feet
  2. Kipp Always Mentally Prepared Charter School
    390 feet
  3. Kipp Amp Elementary Charter School
    390 feet
Show all 6
  1. The School of Integrated Learning School
    390 feet
  2. Little Angel Day Care Center VI Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    590 feet
  3. Edwards L. Cleaveland Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    910 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. St. John's Park
    710 feet
  2. St. John's Playground
    720 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. St Johns Place Post Office
    500 feet
  2. St Johns Recreation Center
    900 feet
  3. Albany Community Center
    930 feet

Fire and police

  1. Battalion 38/Engine 234/Ladder 123 Fire station
    1,210 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Shop Fair Supermarket
    410 feet
  2. Food Universe Supermarket
    1,220 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 15 places to eat and 11 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Sterling Place 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, 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.