Avenue J & East 48th Street
Avenue J and East 48th 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. In 2025, 208 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. Congregation Bnai Israel of Midwood is 1,070 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Utica Av/Avenue J, is 640 feet away for the B46, and nine bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, four of them religious buildings, and six places to eat.
Map
Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Utica Av/Avenue J, 640 feet away, for the B46.
- 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Utica Av/Avenue J B46640 feetB46
Next buses at this stop
- B46 …
Cycling
- 4 bicycle racks within 820 feet
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Flatbush Avenue & Belt Parkway, 2.4 miles by car along the streets.
- 1600 Utica Avenue Gas station0.4 miles
- 5523 Glenwood Road Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers0.8 miles
- 2143 Flatbush Avenue Fast charging for electric cars0.9 miles
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.
- 2 people injured
- 0 people killed
The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2025.
Camera tickets
How tickets are countedIn 2025, 208 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 1,618th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.
In 2026 so far, through August 27, 68 more were issued.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11234
- Community board
- Brooklyn Community Board 18
- City Council district
- 45
- Police precinct
- 63
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Flatlands
- Elevation
- 18 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 1930 and 1945.
Trees
NYC Parks records 40 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.
Schools and places within a walk
How places are listedSix public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 4 religious buildings
- 2 day care or pre-K sites
Schools and child care
- New Generation Academy Preschool, ages 2 to 5230 feet
- P.S. 326 Pre-K540 feet
Houses of worship
- Congregation Bnai Israel of Midwood House of worship1,070 feet
Pharmacies
- Walgreens Pharmacy1,260 feet
- CVS Pharmacy0.4 miles
Other stores
- Dollar Tree Store0.3 miles
- Family Dollar Store0.4 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are six places to eat and five food stores.
Not on record for this corner:
- A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
- A signal or safety change
- A parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here
- A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet
Nearby corners
The eight nearest corners on foot, five of them within a three-minute walk:
- Avenue J & East 49th Street 260 feet
- Avenue J & Schenectady Avenue 270 feet
- Avenue J & East 46th Street 540 feet
- Utica Avenue & Avenue J 540 feet
- Kings Highway & Avenue J 750 feet
- Avenue J & East 51st Street 820 feet
- Avenue K & East 48th Street 860 feet
- Avenue I & East 48th Street 860 feet
See every intersection along Avenue J or East 48th Street.