Avenue K & East 85th Street
Avenue K and East 85th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Canarsie, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 14 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Our Future School is 700 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Avenue L/E 86 St, is 890 feet away for the B17, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, four of them schools, and one place to eat.
Map
Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Avenue L/E 86 St, 890 feet away, for the B17.
- 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Avenue L/E 86 St B17890 feetB17
Next buses at this stop
- B17 …
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Shore Parkway, 1.5 miles by car along the streets.
- 8401 Flatlands Avenue Gas station0.3 miles
- 1389 Rockaway Parkway Charging for electric cars, eight fast chargers1.1 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported 14 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.
- 10 people injured
- 0 people killed
The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.
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
- 11 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
Homes
About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1955 and 1965.
Trees
NYC Parks records 32 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 29 signs on these blocks
- 6 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2018 and December 2021, and the sign on the street decides.
North side of Avenue K
- No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
South side of Avenue K
- No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
East side of East 85th Street
- No parking 6 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
- No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11AM-12:30PM
West side of East 85th Street
- No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11AM-12:30PM
- No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
Schools and places within a walk
How places are listedNine public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 4 schools
- 3 religious buildings
- 2 day care or pre-K sites
Schools and child care
- Little Einsteins of Canarsie Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K150 feet
- Congregation Machna Shalva - 2 School700 feet
- Our Future School700 feet
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- P.S. 276 Louis Marshall School870 feet
- Eisek Hatorah D'Rachmistrivka School1,070 feet
- Solade Preschool Preschool, ages 2 to 51,120 feet
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there is one place to eat and one food store.
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 9 corners within a three-minute walk:
- Avenue K & East 84th Street 270 feet
- Avenue K & East 86th Street 290 feet
- Avenue K & East 83rd Street 530 feet
- Avenue K & East 87th Street 550 feet
- East 84th Street & Church Lane 750 feet
- Avenue L & East 85th Street 770 feet
- Avenue J & East 85th Street 790 feet
- Avenue K & East 82nd Street 790 feet
See every intersection along Avenue K or East 85th Street.