Avenue H & Paerdegat Avenue South

Avenue H and Paerdegat Avenue South meet at a three-way junction in Flatlands, Brooklyn, at the edge of NYCHA's Glenwood development. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Brooklyn Community High School for Excellence and Equity is 1,250 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Glenwood Rd/E 58 St, is 140 feet away for the B6, and eight bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 16 public places, seven of them schools, and 11 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Belt Parkway
2.4 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
140 feet
Glenwood Rd/E 58 St · B6
Within a walk
16 places
7 schools, 3 religious buildings and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Avenue H & Paerdegat Avenue South Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Glenwood Rd/E 58 St, 140 feet away, for the B6.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Glenwood Rd/E 58 St B6
    140 feet
    B6

Next buses at this stop

  1. B6 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 18 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Shore Parkway, 2.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 5828 Flatlands Avenue Gas station
    1,070 feet
  2. 5523 Glenwood Road Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    1.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2024.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11234
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 18
City Council district
45 and 46 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
63
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Flatlands
Elevation
12 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up in 1948.

The corner stands at the edge of NYCHA's Glenwood development.

Trees

Twelve trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 2 signs on these blocks
  • 1 rule

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in December 2017, and the sign on the street decides.

West side of Paerdegat Avenue South

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Sixteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 schools
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 library
  • 1 older adult center
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Generation Health Career Institute, Trade or language school
    940 feet
  2. Academy for Conservation and the Environment School
    1,250 feet
  3. Brooklyn Bridge Academy School
    1,250 feet
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  1. Brooklyn Community High School for Excellence and Equity School
    1,250 feet
  2. Brooklyn Theatre Arts High School
    1,250 feet
  3. Uncommon Preparatory CHS School
    1,250 feet
  4. Uncommon Preparatory Charter High School
    1,250 feet
  5. Victory Collegiate High School
    1,250 feet
  6. Canarsie Childhood Center Preschool
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Fox Playground
    970 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Paerdegat Library
    310 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Young Israel of Redwood House of worship
    1,130 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 5701 Avenue H Older adult center
    450 feet
  2. Fox Playground Mini Pool Swimming pool
    1,010 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    770 feet
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Avenue H or Paerdegat Avenue South.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYCHA, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.