Avenue K & East 37th Street

Avenue K and East 37th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Flatlands, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Flatlands Reformed Church is 1,290 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Flatbush Av/Avenue K, is 150 feet away for the B41, and nine bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, three of them religious buildings, and six places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Belt Parkway
2.3 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
150 feet
Flatbush Av/Avenue K · B41
Within a walk
8 places
3 religious buildings, 2 schools and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Avenue K & East 37th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Flatbush Av/Avenue K, 150 feet away, for the B41.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Flatbush Av/Avenue K B41
    150 feet
    B41

Next buses at this stop

  1. B41 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 29 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Flatbush Avenue & Belt Parkway, 2.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1760 Flatbush Avenue Gas station
    1,050 feet
  2. 2143 Flatbush Avenue Charging for electric cars, two fast chargers
    0.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2024.

What the city has done here

  • Safety Improvement Project, 2024
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, January 2025

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
15 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1920 and 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 35 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
  • 9 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2014 and March 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Avenue K

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 6AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

South side of Avenue K

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of East 37th Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-4PM

West side of East 37th Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 park
  • 1 police station

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 119 Amersfort School
    650 feet
  2. Mesivta Tiferes Yisroel School
    1,110 feet
  3. Yeshiva Tiferes Yisroel School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,150 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Amersfort Park
    1,120 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Kings Highway United Methodist Church House of worship
    1,100 feet
  2. Flatlands Reformed Church House of worship
    1,290 feet

Fire and police

  1. 63rd Precinct Police station
    1,270 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are six places to eat and six 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 of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Avenue K or East 37th Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, 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.