Avenue K & Rockaway Parkway

Avenue K and Rockaway Parkway meet at a four-way crossing in Canarsie, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 15 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Urban Action Academy is 580 feet away. The nearest subway, Canarsie-Rockaway Pkwy, is about nine minutes on foot, for the L. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, three of them religious buildings, and seven places to eat. About 900 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1925 and 1960, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
9 hurt
15 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Canarsie-Rockaway Pkwy
0.5 miles · 9 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
80 feet
Rockaway Pkwy/Avenue K · B42
Within a walk
10 places
3 religious buildings, 3 schools and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Avenue K & Rockaway Parkway Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Canarsie-Rockaway Pkwy, 0.5 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  1. Canarsie-Rockaway Pkwy L
    0.5 miles
    L

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. L …

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Rockaway Pkwy/Avenue K, 80 feet away, for the B42.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B42 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 7 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Shore Parkway, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 15 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 9 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, January 2017

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
13 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes

Homes

About 900 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 1960.

Trees

NYC Parks records 34 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 40 signs on these blocks
  • 11 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2018 and January 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Avenue K

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 5 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 2 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

East side of Rockaway Parkway

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Rockaway Parkway

  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 7:30AM-8AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 library
  • 1 nursing home or hospice

Schools and child care

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

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Wilson Playground
    900 feet
  2. Sledge Playground
    1,010 feet

Health care

  1. Four Seasons Nursing and Rehabilitation Center Nursing home or hospice
    1,160 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Canarsie Library
    1,080 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Aaa Sfard Congregation House of worship
    1,110 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    880 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are seven places to eat and four food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Avenue K or Rockaway Parkway.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.