Avenue K & Remsen Avenue
Avenue K and Remsen Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Canarsie, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Our Future School is 750 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Remsen Av/Avenue K, is 130 feet away for the B17, and seven bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites, and one place to eat.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Remsen Av/Avenue K, 130 feet away, for the B17.
- 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Remsen Av/Avenue K B17130 feetB17
Next buses at this stop
- B17 …
Cycling
- 4 bicycle racks within 820 feet
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Shore Parkway, 1.2 miles by car along the streets.
- 8401 Flatlands Avenue Gas station0.6 miles
- 1389 Rockaway Parkway Charging for electric cars, eight fast chargers0.9 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported 11 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.
- 7 people injured
- 0 people killed
- 1 of those hurt, on foot
The most recent crash recorded here was in March 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
- 15 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to four travel lanes
Homes
About 700 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 1965.
Trees
NYC Parks records 28 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the London planetree and the thornless honeylocust.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 33 signs on these blocks
- 8 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2018 and September 2022, and the sign on the street decides.
North side of Avenue K
- No parking 8 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
- No parking 2 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
South side of Avenue K
- No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
East side of Remsen Avenue
- No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
- No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
West side of Remsen Avenue
- No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
- No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
Schools and places within a walk
How places are listedSix public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 2 day care or pre-K sites
- 2 religious buildings
- 2 schools
Schools and child care
- Solade Preschool Preschool, ages 2 to 5330 feet
- Congregation Machna Shalva - 2 School750 feet
- Our Future School750 feet
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- Children's Ark Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 51,110 feet
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there is one place to eat and two food stores.
Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.
Nearby corners
The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:
- Avenue K & East 89th Street 280 feet
- Avenue K & East 91st Street 290 feet
- Remsen Avenue & Stillwells Place 350 feet
- Avenue K & East 88th Street 540 feet
- Avenue K & East 92nd Street 550 feet
- East 89th Street & Stillwells Place 630 feet
- Remsen Avenue & Church Lane 650 feet
- Avenue L & Remsen Avenue 720 feet
See every intersection along Avenue K or Remsen Avenue.