Utica Avenue & Clarkson Avenue

Utica Avenue and Clarkson Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in East Flatbush-Rugby, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 64 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. The city lists this corner as a Vision Zero priority intersection. P.S. 268 Emma Lazarus is 1,000 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Utica Av/Lenox Rd, is 370 feet away for the B46, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 12 places to eat.

Safety record
46 hurt
64 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Prospect Expressway
2.5 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
370 feet
Utica Av/Lenox Rd · B46
Within a walk
11 places
7 religious buildings, 1 day care or pre-K site and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Utica Avenue & Clarkson Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Utica Av/Lenox Rd, 370 feet away, for the B46.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Utica Av/Lenox Rd B46 · Shelter
    370 feet
    B46
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B46 …

Live arrivals

Utica Avenue carries a bus lane, 7am to 7pm, every day.

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Clarkson Ave & Utica Ave 20 docks in all
    60 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
    0.5 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    1.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 64 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 46 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 8 of those hurt, on foot
  • 3 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

The city lists this corner as a Vision Zero priority intersection, a designation it applies to corners selected for attention on their injury record. It is not a record of work done.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, March 2018
  • Turn calming, March 2024

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11203
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 17
City Council district
40 and 41 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
67 and 71 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East Flatbush-Rugby
Elevation
32 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1930 and 1940.

Since 2014 at least 8 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 33 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 52 signs on these blocks
  • 17 different rules
  • 4 active meters
  • 4 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2018 and February 2024; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8:30am to 7pm on Utica Avenue (west side), and as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8am to 7pm on Utica Avenue (west side).

North side of Clarkson Avenue

  • Doctor plates only 2 signs DOCTOR LICENSE PLATES ONLY 7AM-7PM ALL DAYS
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 16 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY NOON-1:30PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Clarkson Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY NOON-1:30PM

East side of Utica Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 2AM-5AM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 322156, 322456, 338948 and 339195.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 post office
  • 1 school
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 268 Emma Lazarus School
    1,000 feet
  2. All My Children Daycare and Nursery School Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,130 feet
  3. Edso Dental Assistant Training Cente Trade or language school
    1,200 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Rugby Post Office
    410 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    300 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 12 places to eat and four 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 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Clarkson Avenue or Utica 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, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.