Avenue J & East 80th Street

Avenue J and East 80th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Canarsie, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 28 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Explore Excel Charter School-Upper School Campus is 700 feet away. The nearest bus stop, E 80 St/Flatlands Av, is 740 feet away for the B103 and BM2, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, four of them schools, and 13 places to eat.

Safety record
23 hurt
28 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Belt Parkway
1.7 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
740 feet
E 80 St/Flatlands Av · B103, BM2
Within a walk
8 places
4 schools, 1 day care or pre-K site and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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Avenue J & East 80th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is E 80 St/Flatlands Av, 740 feet away, for the B103 and BM2.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. E 80 St/Flatlands Av B103, BM2
    740 feet
    B103 BM2

Next buses at this stop

  1. B103 …
  2. BM2 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 2 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Shore Parkway, 1.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 7702 Flatlands Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 5523 Glenwood Road Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    0.8 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    1.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 28 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 23 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 5 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11236
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 18
City Council district
46
Police precinct
69
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Canarsie
Elevation
14 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes

Homes

About 1,000 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 1960 and 1965.

Since 2014 at least 2 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 56 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 27 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2018 and July 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Avenue J

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of Avenue J

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM

East side of East 80th Street

  • Carshare only 1 sign CARSHARE PARKING ONLY OTHERS NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of East 80th Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

North side of Paerdegat 1st Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of Paerdegat 1st Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 nature area
  • 1 playground
  • 1 religious building

Schools and child care

  1. Explore Excel Charter School-Upper School Campus School
    700 feet
  2. I.S. 068 Isaac Bildersee School
    700 feet
  3. Eisek Hatorah D'Rachmistrivka School
    1,040 feet
Show all 5
  1. The Bright Little Scholars Centers Tree Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,120 feet
  2. P.S. 276 Louis Marshall School
    1,240 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Bildersee Playground
    560 feet
  2. Paerdegat Basin Park Nature area
    900 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Bravo Supermarket
    980 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    1,270 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 13 places to eat and nine 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 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Avenue J, East 80th Street or Paerdegat 1st 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, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.