Avenue I & East 31st Street

Avenue I and East 31st Street meet at a four-way crossing in Flatlands, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Brooklyn corner. Vanderveer Post Office is 310 feet away. The nearest subway, Flatbush Av-Brooklyn College, is about five minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, three of them day care or pre-K sites, and 15 places to eat. About 1,700 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
7 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Flatbush Av-Brooklyn College
1,270 feet · 5 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
360 feet
Nostrand Av/Avenue I · B44
Within a walk
8 places
3 day care or pre-K sites, 2 religious buildings and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Flatbush Av-Brooklyn College, 1,270 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Flatbush Av-Brooklyn College 2, 5
    1,270 feet
    2 5

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 5 …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Flatbush Floogies” (1996) by Muriel Castanis at the Flatbush Av-Brooklyn College station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Nostrand Av/Avenue I, 360 feet away, for the B44.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Nostrand Av/Avenue I B44
    360 feet
    B44

Next buses at this stop

  1. B44 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on Avenue I.

  • 22 bicycle racks within 820 feet

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.

  1. 1760 Flatbush Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 2699 Nostrand Avenue Charging for electric cars, fast chargers
    0.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 7 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in August 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11210
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 14
City Council district
45
Police precinct
63 and 70 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Flatlands
Elevation
28 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 61 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 50 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the Japanese zelkova and the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2017 and November 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Avenue I

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of Avenue I

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of East 31st Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of East 31st Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 306286.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 post office
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. Jumpstart Early Intervention Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    500 feet
  2. Lil Cookies Too Daycare Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    620 feet
  3. Bluesky Daycare Center II Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    670 feet
Show all 4
  1. School of Electrical Education Trade or language school
    1,280 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Van Nuyse, Joost, House Listed historic place
    1,230 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Vanderveer Post Office
    310 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    1,090 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    800 feet
  2. ALDI Supermarket
    1,060 feet
  3. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    500 feet
  2. Target Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 15 places to eat and 12 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: 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 I or East 31st Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYC City Planning, NYS Environmental Conservation, 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.