Avenue K & East 31st Street
Avenue K and East 31st Street 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, 1,126 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. I. S. 381 is 620 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Nostrand Av/Avenue K, is 290 feet away for the B44, and ten bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and eight places to eat.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Nostrand Av/Avenue K, 290 feet away, for the B44.
- 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Nostrand Av/Avenue K B44290 feetB44
Next buses at this stop
- B44 …
Cycling
- 5 bicycle racks within 820 feet
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Flatbush Avenue & Belt Parkway, 2.6 miles by car along the streets.
- 1760 Flatbush Avenue Gas station0.4 miles
- 2699 Nostrand Avenue Charging for electric cars, fast chargers0.5 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.
- 4 people injured
- 0 people killed
- 2 of those hurt, on foot
- 1 of those hurt, on a bike
The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2023.
What the city has done here
- Accessible pedestrian signal, October 2022
Camera tickets
How tickets are countedIn 2025, 1,126 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 703rd most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.
In 2026 so far, through August 27, 273 more were issued.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11210
- Community board
- Brooklyn Community Board 18
- City Council district
- 45
- Police precinct
- 63
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Flatlands
- Elevation
- 25 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- One of the streets is one-way
Homes
About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1925 and 1955.
Trees
NYC Parks records 46 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the 'Green leaf' Japanese flowering cherry and the thornless honeylocust.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 38 signs on these blocks
- 6 different rules
- 2 active meters
- 2 pay-by-cell zones
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2018 and March 2021, and the sign on the street decides.
North side of Avenue K
- Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
- No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
South side of Avenue K
- Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
- No parking 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
East side of East 31st Street
- No parking 14 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
West side of East 31st Street
- No parking 12 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 305430 and 318536.
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedFifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 8 religious buildings
- 4 schools
- 1 day care or pre-K site
- 1 playground
- 1 trade or language school
Schools and child care
- Andries Hudde School620 feet
- I. S. 381 School620 feet
- Yeshiva Torah Vodaath School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K720 feet
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- Step-Special Torah Educ Prog School1,070 feet
- Yad Yisroel School1,110 feet
- School of Electrical Education Trade or language school1,170 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Andries Playground1,050 feet
Houses of worship
- Young Israel of Avenue K House of worship630 feet
Supermarkets
- Key Food Supermarket0.3 miles
Other stores
- Dollar Tree Store0.3 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are eight places to eat and five food stores.
Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk 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 K & East 32nd Street 260 feet
- Nostrand Avenue & Avenue K 280 feet
- Avenue K & New York Avenue 520 feet
- Avenue K & East 29th Street 560 feet
- Avenue K & East 34th Street 780 feet
- Avenue K & East 28th Street 820 feet
- Avenue J & East 31st Street 880 feet
- Avenue L & East 31st Street 880 feet
See every intersection along Avenue K or East 31st Street.