Union Street & East New York Avenue

Union Street and East New York Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Brownsville, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Aspirations Diploma Plus High School is 830 feet away. The nearest subway, Sutter Av-Rutland Rd, is about four minutes on foot, for the 3. Within a five-minute walk are 20 public places, 11 of them religious buildings, and 16 places to eat. About 1,900 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1920 and 1930, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
1 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Sutter Av-Rutland Rd
1,160 feet · 4 min on foot · 3
Nearest bus stop
160 feet
East New York Av/Union St · B12, B14
Within a walk
20 places
11 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Union Street & East New York Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Sutter Av-Rutland Rd, 1,160 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  1. Sutter Av-Rutland Rd 3
    1,160 feet
    3

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. 3 …
New Lots
1 line
  1. 3 …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Ailanthus” (2017) by Nancy Baker at the Sutter Av-Rutland Rd station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is East New York Av/Union St, 160 feet away, for the B12 and B14.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. East New York Av/Union St B12, B14
    160 feet
    B12 B14

Next buses at this stop

  1. B12 …
  2. B14 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on East New York Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Eastern Pkwy & Ralph Ave 21 docks in all
    700 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 1.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1412 Eastern Parkway Gas station
    1,010 feet
  2. 492 Thomas Boyland Street Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    2.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11212
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 16
City Council district
41
Police precinct
73
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Brownsville
Elevation
49 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1920 and 1930.

Since 2014 at least 33 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 45 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 29 signs on these blocks
  • 11 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2015 and March 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East New York Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING SUNDAY 8AM-5PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of East New York Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

East side of Union Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

North side of Union Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

South side of Union Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

West side of Union Street

  • Ambulettes only 1 sign AMBULETTE ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-6PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twenty public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 11 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 gardens
  • 2 parks
  • 2 schools
  • 1 pedestrian plaza

Schools and child care

  1. Inner Force Tots Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    430 feet
  2. Aspirations Diploma Plus High School
    830 feet
  3. Brownsville Academy High School
    830 feet
Show all 4
  1. The Friends of Crown Heights Educational Centers< Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    970 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Lincoln Terrace / Arthur S. Somers Park
    850 feet
  2. Zion Triangle
    900 feet
  3. Brownsville Green Garden
    1,020 feet
Show all 4
  1. Ralph-Lincoln Service Center Garden
    1,270 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Zion Triangle Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    800 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    940 feet
  2. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    1,170 feet
  2. Dollar Tree Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 16 places to eat and 16 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East New York Avenue or Union Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, 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.