Utica Avenue & St Johns Place

Utica Avenue and St Johns Place meet at a four-way crossing in Crown Heights (North), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 75 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. Mt Moriah Christian Academy is 730 feet away. The nearest subway, Crown Hts-Utica Av, is about three minutes on foot, for the 3 and 4. Within a five-minute walk are 21 public places, 16 of them religious buildings, and 37 places to eat. A bus lane runs along Utica Avenue, 7am to 7pm.

Safety record
48 hurt
75 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Crown Hts-Utica Av
730 feet · 3 min on foot · 3, 4
Nearest bus stop
40 feet
Saint Johns Pl/Utica Av · B45
Within a walk
21 places
16 religious buildings, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Utica Avenue & St Johns Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Crown Hts-Utica Av, 730 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Crown Hts-Utica Av 3, 4
    730 feet
    3 4

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
2 lines
  1. 3 …
  2. 4 …
Outbound
2 lines
  1. 3 …
  2. 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 Saint Johns Pl/Utica Av, 40 feet away, for the B45.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Saint Johns Pl/Utica Av B45 · Shelter
    40 feet
    B45
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B45 …

Live arrivals

Utica Avenue carries a bus lane, 7am to 7pm on weekdays.

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on St Johns Place.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. St Johns Pl & Utica Ave 21 docks in all
    50 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1802 Atlantic Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 170 Buffalo Avenue Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    2.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 75 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 46 people injured
  • 2 people killed
  • 18 of those hurt, on foot
  • 4 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, June 2022
  • Turn calming, August 2022
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, February 2024

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11213
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 8
City Council district
35 and 36 and 41 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
77
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Crown Heights (North)
Elevation
109 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 2,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1911 and 1924.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 28 trees within 330 feet.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 68 signs on these blocks
  • 24 different rules
  • 11 active meters
  • 6 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2019 and April 2026; 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 Friday 8am to 4pm, 2 hour passenger vehicles Saturday 8am to 7pm on Utica Avenue (east side), and as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8am to 7pm on Utica Avenue (east side), and as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 9am to 7pm on Utica Avenue (west side), and as 2 hour passenger vehicles Saturday 9am to 7pm on Utica Avenue (west side).

North side of St Johns Place

  • Metered parking 6 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 9AM-4PM SATURDAY 9AM-7PM
  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AVO FIRE DEPARTMENT
  • Bus layover only 1 sign MTA BUS LAYOVER ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7:30AM-8:30AM 4PM-9PM NO ENGINE IDLING MAX FINE $2000
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING 8AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY TUESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-9AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING FIRE ZONE

South side of St Johns Place

  • Metered parking 9 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AVO FIRE DEPARTMENT
  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING 8AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 318966, 320578, 330053, 330238, 338660 and 340103.

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as neo-Romanesque, and built between 1927 and 1928.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 21 public places.

  • 16 religious buildings
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Bka of NY Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    180 feet
  2. Brooklyn Kids Academy Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    180 feet
  3. Roots to Grow Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    180 feet
Show all 4
  1. Mt Moriah Christian Academy School
    730 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Mathew RC Church House of worship
    520 feet
  2. Trinity Cme Methodist Church House of worship
    840 feet
  3. Greater Bibleway Temple Apostolic Mecca House of worship
    890 feet

Fire and police

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

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    310 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    200 feet
  2. Food Universe Supermarket
    900 feet
  3. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 37 places to eat and 19 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along St Johns Place 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.