Avenue J & East 85th Street

Avenue J and East 85th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Canarsie, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. In 2025, 78 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. In 2026, 682 red-light camera tickets were recorded here through July 26. Explore Excel Charter School-Upper School Campus is 1,170 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Flatlands Av/E 86 St, is 970 feet away for the B6 and B82. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places and two places to eat.

Safety record
13 hurt
11 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Belt Parkway
1.6 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
970 feet
Flatlands Av/E 86 St · B6, B82
Within a walk
10 places
5 religious buildings, 3 schools and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Avenue J & East 85th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Flatlands Av/E 86 St, 970 feet away, for the B6 and B82.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Flatlands Av/E 86 St B6, B82
    970 feet
    B6 B82

Next buses at this stop

  1. B6 …
  2. B82 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 3 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Shore Parkway, 1.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 8401 Flatlands Avenue Gas station
    1,040 feet
  2. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Charging for electric cars, eight fast chargers
    1 mile

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 11 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 13 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2026 so far, through July 26, 682 red-light camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner.

In 2025, 78 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 1,795th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 47 more were issued.

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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
16 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

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 21 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 28 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2018 and November 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Avenue J

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of Avenue J

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

East side of East 85th Street

  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of East 85th Street

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites

Schools and child care

  1. Big Minds, Tiny Hands Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    850 feet
  2. Little Einsteins of Canarsie Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    940 feet
  3. Explore Excel Charter School-Upper School Campus School
    1,170 feet
Show all 5
  1. I.S. 068 Isaac Bildersee School
    1,170 feet
  2. P.S. 276 Louis Marshall School
    1,180 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Our Lady of Miracles RC Church House of worship
    1,230 feet

Supermarkets

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are two places 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 of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Avenue J or East 85th Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC Finance, 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.