Avenue D & East 39th Street
Avenue D and East 39th Street meet at a four-way crossing in East Flatbush-Farragut, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Paerdegat Park is 1,160 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Avenue D/E 39 St, is 120 feet away for the B8, and four bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are five public places, four of them religious buildings, and five places to eat.
Map
Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Avenue D/E 39 St, 120 feet away, for the B8.
- 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Avenue D/E 39 St B8120 feetB8
Next buses at this stop
- B8 …
Cycling
- 7 bicycle racks within 820 feet
Nearest bike-share station
- Cortelyou Rd & Albany Ave 21 docks in all0.3 miles
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 2.6 miles by car along the streets.
- 4210 Farragut Road Gas station0.5 miles
- 395 Lenox Road Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers1.2 miles
- 2143 Flatbush Avenue Fast charging for electric cars2 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported three crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Nobody was hurt.
The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2022.
What the city has done here
- Leading pedestrian interval, January 2020
- Accessible pedestrian signal, July 2025
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11203
- Community board
- Brooklyn Community Board 17
- City Council district
- 45
- Police precinct
- 67
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- East Flatbush-Farragut
- Elevation
- 33 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- One of the streets is one-way
Homes
About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1920 and 1931.
Since 2014 at least 58 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.
Trees
NYC Parks records 53 trees within 330 feet.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 29 signs on these blocks
- 4 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2020 and August 2020, and the sign on the street decides.
North side of Avenue D
- No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
South side of Avenue D
- No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
East side of East 39th Street
- No parking 11 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
West side of East 39th Street
- No parking 10 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
Parks and places within a walk
How places are listedFive public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 4 religious buildings
- 1 park
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Paerdegat Park1,160 feet
Houses of worship
- St Pauls Methodist Church House of worship320 feet
- St Augustines Episcopal Church House of worship1,140 feet
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are five places to eat and five food stores.
Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk and 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:
- Avenue D & East 40th Street 260 feet
- East 38th Street & Avenue D 260 feet
- East 37th Street & Avenue D 520 feet
- Albany Avenue & Avenue D 530 feet
- Brooklyn Avenue & Avenue D 790 feet
- Avenue D & East 42nd Street 800 feet
- Clarendon Road & East 39th Street 840 feet
- Foster Avenue & East 39th Street 860 feet
See every intersection along Avenue D or East 39th Street.