Utica Avenue & Sterling Place

Utica Avenue and Sterling Place meet at a four-way crossing in Crown Heights (North), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 39 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. The Battalion 38/Engine 234/Ladder 123 firehouse is 1,110 feet away, and the 77th Precinct is 1,240 feet away. The nearest subway, Crown Hts-Utica Av, is about four minutes on foot, for the 3 and 4. Within a five-minute walk are 28 public places, 18 of them religious buildings, and 34 places to eat.

Safety record
24 hurt
39 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Crown Hts-Utica Av
1,060 feet · 4 min on foot · 3, 4
Nearest bus stop
220 feet
Utica Av/Saint Johns Pl · B46
Within a walk
28 places
18 religious buildings, 4 day care or pre-K sites and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Utica Avenue & Sterling Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Crown Hts-Utica Av, 1,060 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Crown Hts-Utica Av 3, 4
    1,060 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 Utica Av/Saint Johns Pl, 220 feet away, for the B46.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Utica Av/Saint Johns Pl B46
    220 feet
    B46

Next buses at this stop

  1. B46 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 25 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
    370 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
    0.4 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
    2.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 39 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 24 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 7 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 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
35 and 36 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
77
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Crown Heights (North)
Elevation
105 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1910 and 1924.

Since 2014 at least 4 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 39 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 38 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules
  • 4 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2018 and July 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Sterling Place

  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of Sterling Place

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Utica Avenue

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

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: 324160 and 338660.

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 28 public places.

  • 18 religious buildings
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 4 schools
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 police station

Schools and child care

  1. Bka of NY Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    510 feet
  2. Brooklyn Kids Academy Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    510 feet
  3. Mt Moriah Christian Academy School
    1,060 feet
Show all 8
  1. Roots to Grow Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    510 feet
  2. The Friends of Crown Heights Educational Centers Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,110 feet
  3. Central Brooklyn Literacy Academy (Cbla) School
    1,130 feet
  4. Explore Empower Charter School
    1,130 feet
  5. M.S. K394 School
    1,130 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Mathew RC Church House of worship
    850 feet
  2. Trinity Cme Methodist Church House of worship
    1,160 feet
  3. Greater Bibleway Temple Apostolic Mecca House of worship
    1,220 feet

Fire and police

  1. Battalion 38/Engine 234/Ladder 123 Fire station
    1,110 feet
  2. 77th Precinct Police station
    1,240 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    630 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    530 feet
  2. Food Universe Supermarket
    1,230 feet
  3. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 34 places to eat and 17 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

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