Avenue K & East 105th Street

Avenue K and East 105th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Canarsie, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. P.S. 279 Playground is 780 feet away, and Wilson Playground is 1,120 feet away. The nearest bus stop, E 105 St/Avenue K, is 90 feet away for the B103 and BM2, and seven bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, two of them playgrounds.

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Avenue K & East 105th Street Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is E 105 St/Avenue K, 90 feet away, for the B103 and BM2.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. E 105 St/Avenue K B103, BM2
    90 feet
    B103 BM2

Next buses at this stop

  1. B103 …
  2. BM2 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Shore Parkway, 1.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 10802 Flatlands Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Charging for electric cars, eight fast chargers
    0.9 miles

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

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2024.

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
7 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 1,100 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 1955 and 1960.

Trees

NYC Parks records 40 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the 'Green leaf' Japanese flowering cherry.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2020 and August 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Avenue K

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of Avenue K

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

East side of East 105th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of East 105th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11AM-12:30PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Six public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 playgrounds
  • 2 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 nature area

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 279 Herman Schreiber School
    640 feet
  2. Uncommon Canarsie Charter School NYC School
    640 feet
  3. Bev's Kiddie Daycare II Pre-K
    1,210 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. P.S. 279 Playground
    780 feet
  2. Fresh Creek Nature Preserve Nature area
    810 feet
  3. Wilson Playground
    1,120 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food World Supermarket Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Not on record for this corner:

  • A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
  • A bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet
  • A signal or safety change
  • A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.