Avenue J & East 104th Street

Avenue J and East 104th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Canarsie, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. P.S. 279 Herman Schreiber is 650 feet away, and I.S. 211 John Wilson is 1,110 feet away. The nearest bus stop, E 105 St/Avenue J, is 300 feet away for the B103 and BM2, and eight bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, six of them schools, and one place to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Belt Parkway
1.4 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
300 feet
E 105 St/Avenue J · B103, BM2
Within a walk
10 places
6 schools, 2 playgrounds and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Avenue J & East 104th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is E 105 St/Avenue J, 300 feet away, for the B103 and BM2.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. E 105 St/Avenue J B103, BM2
    300 feet
    B103 BM2

Next buses at this stop

  1. B103 …
  2. BM2 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 5 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Shore Parkway, 1.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 10802 Flatlands Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Charging for electric cars, eight fast chargers
    0.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2024.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11236
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 18
City Council district
46
Police precinct
69
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Canarsie
Elevation
11 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1955 and 1960.

Trees

NYC Parks records 44 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 34 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2019 and May 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Avenue J

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Avenue J

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

East side of East 104th Street

  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of East 104th Street

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 schools
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 nature area
  • 1 post office

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 279 Herman Schreiber School
    650 feet
  2. Uncommon Canarsie Charter School NYC School
    650 feet
  3. A Plus Kidz Academy School
    1,010 feet
Show all 6
  1. The Science and Medicine Middle School
    1,050 feet
  2. I.S. 211 John Wilson School
    1,110 feet
  3. Uncommon Canarsie Charter Es School
    1,110 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. P.S. 279 Playground
    270 feet
  2. Wilson Playground
    1,020 feet
  3. Fresh Creek Nature Preserve Nature area
    1,270 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Canarsie Post Office
    1,230 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food World Supermarket Supermarket
    1,220 feet

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    1,280 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there is one place to eat and two 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 J or East 104th Street.

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