Avenue J & East 32nd Street

Avenue J and East 32nd Street meet at a four-way crossing in Flatlands, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Joost and Elizabeth Van Nuyse House stands 560 feet away. The nearest subway, Flatbush Av-Brooklyn College, is about nine minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, six of them religious buildings, and 14 places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Flatbush Av-Brooklyn College
0.5 miles · 9 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
640 feet
Nostrand Av/Avenue J · B44
Within a walk
12 places
6 religious buildings, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Avenue J & East 32nd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Flatbush Av-Brooklyn College, 0.5 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Flatbush Av-Brooklyn College 2, 5
    0.5 miles
    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 J, 640 feet away, for the B44.

  • 12 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Nostrand Av/Avenue J B44 · Shelter
    640 feet
    B44
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B44 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 18 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Flatbush Avenue & Belt Parkway, 2.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1760 Flatbush Avenue Gas station
    1,070 feet
  2. 2699 Nostrand Avenue Charging for electric cars, fast chargers
    0.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in July 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11210
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 18
City Council district
45
Police precinct
63
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Flatlands
Elevation
24 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,300 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 1955.

Since 2014 at least 16 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 52 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

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 March 2019 and January 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Avenue J

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

South side of Avenue J

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

East side of East 32nd Street

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

West side of East 32nd Street

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

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Dutch Colonial, and built between 1780 and 1792.

  1. Joost and Elizabeth Van Nuyse House Designated landmark
    560 feet

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 police station
  • 1 post office
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. School of Electrical Education Trade or language school
    660 feet
  2. Jumpstart Early Intervention Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,210 feet
  3. Lil Cookies Too Daycare Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,240 feet
Show all 4
  1. Bluesky Daycare Center II Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,290 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Vanderveer Post Office
    1,100 feet

Fire and police

  1. 63rd Precinct Police station
    1,140 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    1,070 feet
  2. ALDI Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    1,210 feet
  2. Target Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 14 places to eat and 13 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, five of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Avenue J or East 32nd Street.

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