Avenue J & East 40th Street
Avenue J and East 40th 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. Bountiful Bliss Community Garden is 1,090 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Avenue K/E 38 St, is 1,140 feet away for the BM1, and ten bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, six of them religious buildings, and one place to eat.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Avenue K/E 38 St, 1,140 feet away, for the BM1.
- 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Avenue K/E 38 St BM11,140 feetBM1
Next buses at this stop
- BM1 …
Cycling
- 5 bicycle racks within 820 feet
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Flatbush Avenue & Belt Parkway, 2.6 miles by car along the streets.
- 1760 Flatbush Avenue Gas station0.3 miles
- 2143 Flatbush Avenue Charging for electric cars, two fast chargers1 mile
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported four crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Nobody was hurt.
The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.
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
- 19 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- One of the streets is one-way
Homes
About 700 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 1915 and 1925.
Trees
NYC Parks records 33 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the red maple.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 28 signs on these blocks
- 7 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2020 and May 2021, and the sign on the street decides.
North side of Avenue J
- No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
- No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11AM-12:30PM
South side of Avenue J
- No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11AM-12:30PM
East side of East 40th 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 40th Street
- No parking 4 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 listedEleven public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 6 religious buildings
- 2 day care or pre-K sites
- 1 garden
- 1 park
- 1 school
Schools and child care
- Blue Sky Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5330 feet
- Heritage Children Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5340 feet
- P.S. 119 Amersfort School940 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Amersfort Park310 feet
- Bountiful Bliss Community Garden1,090 feet
Houses of worship
- Christian Heritage Church House of worship490 feet
Supermarkets
- Ideal Food Basket Supermarket0.5 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there is one place to eat and four 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 corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:
- Avenue J & East 39th Street 260 feet
- Avenue J & Albany Avenue 270 feet
- Avenue J & East 38th Street 520 feet
- Avenue J & East 42nd Street 540 feet
- Avenue K & East 40th Street 680 feet
- Avenue J & East 37th Street 780 feet
- Avenue J & East 43rd Street 800 feet
- Avenue I & East 40th Street 860 feet
See every intersection along Avenue J or East 40th Street.