Utica Avenue & St Marks Avenue

Utica Avenue and St Marks Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Crown Heights (North), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 38 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Woods Playground is 520 feet away, and St Johns Recreation Center is 1,240 feet away. The nearest subway, Utica Av, is about seven minutes on foot, and four subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 29 public places, 17 of them religious buildings, and 12 places to eat.

Safety record
21 hurt
38 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Utica Av
0.4 miles · 7 min on foot · A, C
Nearest bus stop
240 feet
Utica Av/Prospect Pl · B46
Within a walk
29 places
17 religious buildings, 5 schools and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Utica Avenue & St Marks Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Utica Av, 0.4 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Utica Av A, C
    0.4 miles
    A C

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
2 lines
  1. A …
  2. C …
Outbound
2 lines
  1. A …
  2. C …

Also within a walk

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

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Children's Cathedral” (1996) by Jimmy James Greene at the Utica Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Utica Av/Prospect Pl, 240 feet away, for the B46.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Utica Av/Prospect Pl B46
    240 feet
    B46

Next buses at this stop

  1. B46 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Park Pl & Utica Ave 21 docks in all
    680 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
    1,310 feet
  2. 170 Buffalo Avenue Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    0.4 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 38 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 21 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, July 2024

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11213
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 8
City Council district
36
Police precinct
77
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Crown Heights (North)
Elevation
87 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 111 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 45 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese pagoda tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 42 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2018 and November 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of St Marks Avenue

  • Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AVO POLICE DEPARTMENT
  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

South side of St Marks Avenue

  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

East side of Utica Avenue

  • Authorized vehicles only 3 signs AVO POLICE DEPARTMENT
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Utica Avenue

  • Metered parking 5 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 333612.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 29 public places.

  • 17 religious buildings
  • 5 schools
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 garden
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 335 Granville T. Woods School
    790 feet
  2. The Friends of Crown Heights Educational Centers Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    790 feet
  3. The Brooklyn Green School
    790 feet
Show all 6
  1. Central Brooklyn Literacy Academy (Cbla) School
    1,110 feet
  2. Explore Empower Charter School
    1,110 feet
  3. M.S. K394 School
    1,110 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Woods Playground
    520 feet
  2. Eden’s Community Garden
    590 feet
  3. St. John's Park
    840 feet
Show all 4
  1. Kingsborough Houses Bergen Playground
    1,270 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Berean Baptist Church House of worship
    810 feet
  2. International Christian Center House of worship
    1,150 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. St Johns Recreation Center
    1,240 feet

Fire and police

  1. 77th Precinct Police station
    260 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 12 places to eat and 11 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along St Marks Avenue or Utica Avenue.

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