Union Street & Albany Avenue

Union Street and Albany Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Crown Heights (South), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 12 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Chabad Girls Academy is 960 feet away. The nearest subway, Kingston Av, is about four minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 31 public places, 21 of them religious buildings, and eight places to eat.

Safety record
5 hurt
12 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Kingston Av
1,000 feet · 4 min on foot · 3
Nearest bus stop
850 feet
Kingston Av/Union St · B43
Within a walk
31 places
21 religious buildings, 5 schools and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Union Street & Albany Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Kingston Av, 1,000 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Kingston Av 3
    1,000 feet
    3

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. 3 …
Outbound
1 line
  1. 3 …

Also within a walk

  1. Crown Hts-Utica Av 3, 4
    0.3 miles
    3 4

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Kingston Av/Union St, 850 feet away, for the B43.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Kingston Av/Union St B43
    850 feet
    B43

Next buses at this stop

  1. B43 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Albany Ave & Carroll St 19 docks in all
    600 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 2.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 415 Empire Boulevard Gas station
    0.8 miles
  2. 959 Sterling Place Charging for electric cars, 21 Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 12 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 5 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11213
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 9
City Council district
35
Police precinct
71
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Crown Heights (South)
Elevation
109 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • 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 1904 and 1920.

Trees

NYC Parks records 53 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 35 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2017 and January 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Albany Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 9AM-7PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

West side of Albany Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 9AM-7PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

North side of Union Street

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Union Street

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 328300 and 328539.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 35 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Renaissance Revival, and mostly built between 1904 and 1905.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 31 public places.

  • 21 religious buildings
  • 5 schools
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 museum
  • 1 post office

Schools and child care

  1. Chanoch Lenaar School
    250 feet
  2. United Lubavitcher Yeshivoth Annex School
    630 feet
  3. Chabad Girls Academy School
    960 feet
Show all 8
  1. United Lubavitcher Yeshivoth Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    1,100 feet
  2. United Lubavitch Yeshiva Pre-K
    1,180 feet
  3. United Lubavitcher Yeshiva School
    1,180 feet
  4. Beis Chaya Muska School School-based preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,220 feet
  5. Yeshiva Beis Chaya Mushka School
    1,230 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Jewish Children's Museum
    990 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Chabad Lubavitch World HQ House of worship
    1,020 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. St Johns Place Post Office
    1,240 feet

Bank branches

  1. Apple Bank Bank branch
    220 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,290 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.5 miles
  2. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are eight places to eat and 11 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Albany Avenue or Union Street.

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