Avenue J & East 84th Street

Avenue J and East 84th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Canarsie, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 22 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Bildersee Playground is 1,060 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Flatlands Av/E 84 St, is 850 feet away for the B6 and B82, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, four of them religious buildings, and five places to eat.

Safety record
20 hurt
22 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Belt Parkway
1.7 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
850 feet
Flatlands Av/E 84 St · B6, B82
Within a walk
11 places
4 religious buildings, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Avenue J & East 84th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Flatlands Av/E 84 St, 850 feet away, for the B6 and B82.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Flatlands Av/E 84 St B6, B82
    850 feet
    B6 B82

Next buses at this stop

  1. B6 …
  2. B82 …

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. 8401 Flatlands Avenue Gas station
    1,000 feet
  2. 5523 Glenwood Road Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    1 mile
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    1 mile

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 22 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 20 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2025.

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
15 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,100 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 1970.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 29 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2020 and April 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Avenue J

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • 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
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of East 84th Street

  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of East 84th Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 schools
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Little Einsteins of Canarsie Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    900 feet
  2. Explore Excel Charter School-Upper School Campus School
    900 feet
  3. I.S. 068 Isaac Bildersee School
    900 feet
Show all 6
  1. P.S. 276 Louis Marshall School
    910 feet
  2. The Bright Little Scholars Centers Tree Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,100 feet
  3. Big Minds, Tiny Hands Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,120 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Bildersee Playground
    1,060 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Bravo Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are five places to eat and two 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 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Avenue J or East 84th 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.