Avenue L & East 36th Street
Avenue L and East 36th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Flatlands, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Fraser Square is 980 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Avenue L/E 36 St, is 100 feet away for the B9, and ten bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, four of them religious buildings, and four places to eat.
Map
Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Avenue L/E 36 St, 100 feet away, for the B9.
- 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Avenue L/E 36 St B9100 feetB9
Next buses at this stop
- B9 …
Cycling
- 8 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.
- 1924 Flatbush Avenue Gas station1,070 feet
- 2699 Nostrand Avenue Charging for electric cars, fast chargers0.5 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported eight crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.
- 8 people injured
- 0 people killed
The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.
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
- 17 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two 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 1925 and 1938.
Trees
NYC Parks records 46 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 24 signs on these blocks
- 6 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2019 and June 2021, and the sign on the street decides.
North side of Avenue L
- No parking 3 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
South side of Avenue L
- No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
East side of East 36th Street
- No parking 3 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
- No parking 6 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
West side of East 36th Street
- No parking 3 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
- No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedEight public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 4 religious buildings
- 2 day care or pre-K sites
- 1 park
- 1 school
Schools and child care
- Mesivta Tiferes Yisroel School400 feet
- Yeshiva Tiferes Yisroel School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5530 feet
- Auditory Oral School of New York Preschool1,260 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Fraser Square980 feet
Houses of worship
- Kings Highway United Methodist Church House of worship380 feet
Bank branches
- Apple Bank Bank branch1,200 feet
Supermarkets
- Ideal Food Basket Supermarket0.3 miles
Other stores
- Dollar Tree Store0.4 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are four places to eat and three 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 corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:
- Avenue L & East 37th Street 260 feet
- Avenue L & East 35th Street 270 feet
- Avenue L & East 38th Street 520 feet
- Kings Highway & East 36th Street 540 feet
- Avenue L & East 34th Street 540 feet
- Kings Highway & East 37th Street 690 feet
- Avenue L & New York Avenue 800 feet
- Flatbush Avenue & Avenue L 850 feet
See every intersection along Avenue L or East 36th Street.