Avenue D & East 31st Street

Avenue D and East 31st Street meet at a four-way crossing in East Flatbush-Farragut, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Brooklyn corner. Nostrand Playground is 1,180 feet away. The nearest subway, Newkirk Av-Little Haiti, is about two minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, four of them religious buildings, and 16 places to eat. About 2,200 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1925 and 1950, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
2 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Newkirk Av-Little Haiti
580 feet · 2 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
Avenue D/E 31 St · B8
Within a walk
12 places
4 religious buildings, 4 schools and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Avenue D & East 31st Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Newkirk Av-Little Haiti, 580 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Newkirk Av-Little Haiti 2, 5
    580 feet
    2 5

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 5 …
Flatbush
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 5 …

Also within a walk

  1. Beverly Rd 2, 5
    0.3 miles
    2 5

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Avenue D/E 31 St, 110 feet away, for the B8.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Avenue D/E 31 St B8
    110 feet
    B8

Next buses at this stop

  1. B8 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 31 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Beverley Rd & Nostrand Ave 25 docks in all
    0.3 miles

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 2.2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1092 Rogers Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 1170 Ocean Avenue Charging for electric cars, eight Level 2 chargers
    1 mile
  3. 2699 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, July 2024

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11226
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 17
City Council district
45
Police precinct
67
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East Flatbush-Farragut
Elevation
23 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • 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 1925 and 1950.

Since 2014 at least 47 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 46 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the dawn redwood.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 34 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

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

North side of Avenue D

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

South side of Avenue D

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY TUESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY 7:30AM-8AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

East side of East 31st Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-5PM

West side of East 31st Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 336793.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 4 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 playground
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. Flatbush Ascend CS MS School
    270 feet
  2. Success Academy East Flatbush Charter Middle School
    370 feet
  3. Flatbush Haitian Center Trade or language school
    820 feet
Show all 7
  1. Central Brooklyn Ascend Charter Middle School
    830 feet
  2. The Friends of Crown Heights Educational Centers Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,100 feet
  3. Friends of Crown Heights Educational Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,100 feet
  4. Central Brooklyn Ascend Charter School
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Nostrand Playground
    1,180 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Jeromes Church House of worship
    700 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    600 feet

Supermarkets

  1. The Meat Place Supermarket
    780 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    880 feet
  3. CTown Supermarket
    990 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 16 places to eat and 19 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Avenue D or East 31st Street.

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, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.