Avenue J & Schenectady Avenue
Avenue J and Schenectady Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Flatlands, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. In 2025, 217 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. Beth Judah Congregation is 1,250 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Kings Hwy/Avenue J, is 510 feet away for the B7, and nine bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, five of them religious buildings, and one place to eat.
Map
Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Kings Hwy/Avenue J, 510 feet away, for the B7.
- 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Kings Hwy/Avenue J B7510 feetB7
Next buses at this stop
- B7 …
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.
- 4801 Kings Highway Gas station0.4 miles
- 5523 Glenwood Road Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers0.8 miles
- 2143 Flatbush Avenue Fast charging for electric cars0.8 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported five crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.
- 9 people injured
- 1 person killed
- 2 of those hurt, on foot
- 1 of those hurt, on a bike
The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2025.
Camera tickets
How tickets are countedIn 2025, 217 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 1,598th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.
In 2026 so far, through August 27, 95 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
- 19 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
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 37 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 26 signs on these blocks
- 5 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2021 and June 2023, and the sign on the street decides.
North side of Avenue J
- No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11AM-12:30PM
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
South side of Avenue J
- No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11AM-12:30PM
East side of Schenectady Avenue
- No parking 11 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11AM-12:30PM
West side of Schenectady Avenue
- No parking 10 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11AM-12:30PM
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedEight public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 5 religious buildings
- 2 day care or pre-K sites
- 1 garden
Schools and child care
- New Generation Academy Preschool, ages 2 to 540 feet
- P.S. 326 Pre-K810 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Bountiful Bliss Community Garden1,240 feet
Houses of worship
- Beth Judah Congregation House of worship1,250 feet
Pharmacies
- Walgreens Pharmacy0.3 miles
- CVS Pharmacy0.4 miles
Other stores
- Dollar Tree Store0.4 miles
- Family Dollar Store0.4 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there is one place 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 and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.
Nearby corners
The eight nearest corners on foot, six of them within a three-minute walk:
- Avenue J & East 48th Street 270 feet
- Avenue J & East 46th Street 270 feet
- Kings Highway & Avenue J 480 feet
- Avenue J & East 49th Street 530 feet
- Avenue J & Troy Avenue 800 feet
- Utica Avenue & Avenue J 810 feet
- Avenue K & Schenectady Avenue 850 feet
- Schenectady Avenue & Avenue I 860 feet
See every intersection along Avenue J or Schenectady Avenue.