Avenue D & East 42nd Street
Avenue D and East 42nd Street meet at a four-way crossing in East Flatbush-Farragut, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 14 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Paerdegat Park is 1,180 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Avenue D/E 42 St, is 110 feet away for the B8, and five bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, five of them religious buildings, and seven places to eat.
Map
Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Avenue D/E 42 St, 110 feet away, for the B8.
- 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Avenue D/E 42 St B8110 feetB8
Next buses at this stop
- B8 …
Cycling
- 15 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, 2.7 miles by car along the streets.
- 4210 Farragut Road Gas station0.4 miles
- 5523 Glenwood Road Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers1.2 miles
- 2143 Flatbush Avenue Fast charging for electric cars1.9 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported 14 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.
- 1 person injured
- 0 people killed
- 1 of those hurt, on foot
The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2025.
What the city has done here
- Leading pedestrian interval, January 2020
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
- 31 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- One of the streets is one-way
Homes
About 900 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 1940.
Since 2014 at least 58 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.
Trees
NYC Parks records 44 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 42 signs on these blocks
- 10 different rules
- 4 active meters
- 2 pay-by-cell zones
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2020 and June 2025, and the sign on the street decides.
North side of Avenue D
- Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
- No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 8AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
- No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
South side of Avenue D
- Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
- No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
East side of East 42nd Street
- No parking 12 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
West side of East 42nd Street
- No parking 12 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
- Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-4PM
ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 321072 and 332942.
Parks and places within a walk
How places are listedSix public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 5 religious buildings
- 1 park
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Paerdegat Park1,180 feet
Houses of worship
- St Augustines Episcopal Church House of worship340 feet
- St Therese Lisieux Church House of worship650 feet
- St Pauls Methodist Church House of worship1,120 feet
Other stores
- Dollar Tree Store0.4 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are seven places to eat and seven 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 43rd Street 260 feet
- Albany Avenue & Avenue D 270 feet
- Troy Avenue & Avenue D 530 feet
- Avenue D & East 40th Street 540 feet
- Avenue D & East 45th Street 800 feet
- Avenue D & East 39th Street 800 feet
- Clarendon Road & East 42nd Street 840 feet
- Foster Avenue & East 42nd Street 860 feet
See every intersection along Avenue D or East 42nd Street.