Avenue J & East 58th Street
Avenue J and East 58th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Flatlands, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Jacob Joffe Fields is 910 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Ralph Av/Avenue J, is 630 feet away for the B47, and nine bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are three public places, two of them religious buildings, and nine places to eat.
Map
Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Ralph Av/Avenue J, 630 feet away, for the B47.
- 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Ralph Av/Avenue J B47630 feetB47
Next buses at this stop
- B47 …
Cycling
- 7 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.
- 5828 Flatlands Avenue Gas station1,050 feet
- 5523 Glenwood Road Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers0.6 miles
- 2143 Flatbush Avenue Fast charging for electric cars1.2 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported three crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.
- 1 person injured
- 0 people killed
- 1 of those hurt, on foot
The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2024.
What the city has done here
- Accessible pedestrian signal, October 2022
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11234
- Community board
- Brooklyn Community Board 18
- City Council district
- 46
- Police precinct
- 63
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Flatlands
- Elevation
- 11 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- One of the streets is one-way
Homes
About 800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1960 and 1975.
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- 8 signs on these blocks
- 2 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in October 2020, and the sign on the street decides.
North side of Avenue J
- No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
South side of Avenue J
- No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
Parks and places within a walk
How places are listedThree public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 2 religious buildings
- 1 field
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Jacob Joffe Fields Field910 feet
Bank branches
- Citibank Bank branch490 feet
Supermarkets
- Foodtown Supermarket860 feet
- Key Food Supermarket0.3 miles
Pharmacies
- Walgreens Pharmacy0.5 miles
Shopping centers
- Georgetowne Shopping Center Shopping center0.3 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are nine places to eat and three food stores.
Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk and 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 57th Street 260 feet
- Avenue J & East 59th Street 260 feet
- Avenue J & East 56th Street 530 feet
- Avenue J & Ralph Avenue 540 feet
- Avenue J & East 55th Street 800 feet
- Ralph Avenue & East 72nd Street 820 feet
- Flatlands Avenue & Avenue I 830 feet
- Avenue K & East 58th Street 850 feet
See every intersection along Avenue J or East 58th Street.