Avenue J & East 37th Street

Avenue J and East 37th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Flatlands, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Christian Heritage Church is 1,270 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Flatbush Av/Brooklyn Av, is 520 feet away for the B41, and ten bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, four of them religious buildings, and six places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Belt Parkway
2.5 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
520 feet
Flatbush Av/Brooklyn Av · B41
Within a walk
10 places
4 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Avenue J & East 37th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Flatbush Av/Brooklyn Av, 520 feet away, for the B41.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Flatbush Av/Brooklyn Av B41
    520 feet
    B41

Next buses at this stop

  1. B41 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 25 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Flatbush Avenue & Belt Parkway, 2.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1760 Flatbush Avenue Gas station
    620 feet
  2. 2143 Flatbush Avenue Charging for electric cars, two fast chargers
    0.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2024.

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
20 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1920 and 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 36 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 26 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2019 and August 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Avenue J

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Avenue J

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11AM-12:30PM

East side of East 37th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of East 37th Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 park
  • 1 police station
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 119 Amersfort School
    890 feet
  2. Blue Sky Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,110 feet
  3. Heritage Children Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,120 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Amersfort Park
    310 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Van Nuyse, Joost, House Listed historic place
    1,140 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Christian Heritage Church House of worship
    1,270 feet

Fire and police

  1. 63rd Precinct Police station
    600 feet

Supermarkets

  1. ALDI Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.5 miles
  2. Dollar Tree Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are six 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 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Avenue J or East 37th 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.