Avenue K & East 95th Street

Avenue K and East 95th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Canarsie, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Brooklyn corner. Urban Action Academy is 600 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Rockaway Pkwy/Avenue K, is 650 feet away for the B42, and seven bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, six of them religious buildings, and ten places to eat. About 700 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1920 and 1955, almost all in houses of one or two.

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Avenue K & East 95th Street Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Rockaway Pkwy/Avenue K, 650 feet away, for the B42.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Rockaway Pkwy/Avenue K B42
    650 feet
    B42

Next buses at this stop

  1. B42 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 15 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Shore Parkway, 1 mile by car along the streets.

  1. 1512 Rockaway Parkway Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Charging for electric cars, eight fast chargers
    0.6 miles

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

  • 7 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, July 2021

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
14 feet above sea level

The streets

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

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 1920 and 1955.

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
  • 38 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2018 and August 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Avenue K

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

South side of Avenue K

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

East side of East 95th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of East 95th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. High School for Innovation in Advertising and Media School
    600 feet
  2. High School for Medical Professions School
    600 feet
  3. Urban Action Academy School
    600 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Sledge Playground
    400 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Aaa Sfard Congregation House of worship
    530 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are ten places to eat and three 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 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

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.