Avenue L & East 38th Street

Avenue L and East 38th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Flatlands, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 14 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Mesivta Tiferes Yisroel is 920 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Avenue L/Flatbush Av, is 190 feet away for the B9, and ten bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, four of them religious buildings, and six places to eat.

Safety record
13 hurt
14 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Belt Parkway
2.2 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
190 feet
Avenue L/Flatbush Av · B9
Within a walk
9 places
4 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Avenue L & East 38th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Avenue L/Flatbush Av, 190 feet away, for the B9.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Avenue L/Flatbush Av B9
    190 feet
    B9

Next buses at this stop

  1. B9 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 16 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Flatbush Avenue & Belt Parkway, 2.2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1924 Flatbush Avenue Gas station
    550 feet
  2. 2143 Flatbush Avenue Charging for electric cars, two fast chargers
    0.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 14 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 13 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 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
14 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,100 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 1940.

Trees

NYC Parks records 32 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 21 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

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

North side of Avenue L

  • No parking 4 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 38th Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of East 38th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and three buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission. They were built in 1848.

  1. Flatlands Dutch Reformed Church Sunday School Designated landmark
    740 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 playground
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Mesivta Tiferes Yisroel School
    920 feet
  2. Yeshiva Tiferes Yisroel School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,050 feet
  3. BBB Daycare Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,190 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Sarsfield Playground
    930 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Flatlands Dutch Reformed Church Listed historic place
    840 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Kings Highway United Methodist Church House of worship
    290 feet
  2. Flatlands Reformed Church Landmark
    840 feet

Bank branches

  1. Apple Bank Bank branch
    690 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    1,150 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    900 feet

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk and a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Avenue L or East 38th Street.

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