Utica Avenue & Crown Street
Utica Avenue and Crown Street meet at a four-way crossing in Crown Heights (South), Brooklyn. The corner is also named Saheed Vassell Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 31 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Gospel Crusade Church of the Pentecost is 160 feet away, and Trinity Cme Methodist Church is 1,190 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 19 public places, 11 of them religious buildings, and 24 places to eat.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredSubway
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
- Crown Hts-Utica Av 3, 40.3 miles3 4
Next trains at this station
Manhattan
2 lines- 3 …
- 4 …
Outbound
2 lines- 3 …
- 4 …
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 Utica Av/Carroll St, 240 feet away, for the B17 and B46.
- 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Utica Av/Carroll St B17, B46240 feetB17 B46
Next buses at this stop
- B17 …
- B46 …
Utica Avenue carries a bus lane, 7am to 7pm on weekdays.
Cycling
- 11 bicycle racks within 820 feet
- 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk
Nearest bike-share station
- Carroll St & Utica Ave 20 docks in all400 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.
- 441 Remsen Avenue Gas station1,220 feet
- 170 Buffalo Avenue Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers0.9 miles
- 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars2.3 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported 31 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.
- 23 people injured
- 0 people killed
- 2 of those hurt, on foot
- 2 of those hurt, on a bike
The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.
What the city has done here
- Leading pedestrian interval, July 2024
- Turn calming, April 2025
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11213
- Community board
- Brooklyn Community Board 9
- City Council district
- 35 and 41 (the boundary runs through this corner)
- Police precinct
- 71
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Crown Heights (South)
- Elevation
- 69 feet above sea level
This corner is also named Saheed Vassell Way, a co-naming enacted on July 20, 2024 (Local Law 81 of 2024).
The streets
- Up to four travel lanes
- A designated truck route
- One of the streets is one-way
Homes
About 2,400 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 1924 and 1931.
Since 2014 at least 20 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.
Trees
NYC Parks records 36 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.
The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Saheed Vassell Way.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 42 signs on these blocks
- 10 different rules
- 4 active meters
- 3 pay-by-cell zones
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2018 and May 2024, and the sign on the street decides.
North side of Crown Street
- No parking 10 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY NOON-1:30PM
South side of Crown Street
- No parking 11 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY NOON-1:30PM
East side of Utica Avenue
- Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
- Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING SATURDAY 9AM-7PM
- No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
- No parking 2 signs NO PARKING SATURDAY 8:30AM-9AM
- No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
- No standing 2 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
West side of Utica Avenue
- Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
- No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 330006, 339138 and 339754.
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedNineteen public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 11 religious buildings
- 4 day care or pre-K sites
- 1 park
- 1 playground
- 1 school
- 1 trade or language school
Schools and child care
- All My Children Day Care & Nursery School Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K190 feet
- Seneca Village Preschool Preschool, ages 2 to 5670 feet
- The Friends of Crown Heights Educational Centers Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K680 feet
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- Highlights Academy Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K760 feet
- Congregation Ohr Menachem School1,060 feet
- Y & y Home & Health Care MGMT Trade or language school1,160 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Lincoln Terrace / Arthur S. Somers Park810 feet
- Lincoln Terrace Park / Arthur S. Somers Playground1,190 feet
Houses of worship
- Gospel Crusade Church of the Pentecost House of worship160 feet
- Trinity Cme Methodist Church House of worship1,190 feet
Supermarkets
- CTown Supermarket530 feet
- Ideal Food Basket Supermarket0.3 miles
- Bravo Supermarket0.3 miles
Other stores
- Family Dollar Store1,280 feet
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are 24 places to eat and 16 food stores.
Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.
Nearby corners
The eight corners within a three-minute walk:
- Utica Avenue & Montgomery Street 320 feet
- Utica Avenue & Carroll Street 320 feet
- Crown Street & Ford Street 600 feet
- Utica Avenue & Empire Boulevard 610 feet
- Utica Avenue & President Street 650 feet
- Utica Avenue & East New York Avenue at Remsen Avenue 730 feet
- Schenectady Avenue & Crown Street 770 feet
- Crown Street & Rochester Avenue 770 feet
See every intersection along Crown Street or Utica Avenue.