Avenue L & East 46th Street
Avenue L and East 46th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Flatlands, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Serenity Community Garden is 440 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Flatlands Av/Schenectady Av, is 420 feet away for the B82, and nine bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are four public places, three of them religious buildings. About 700 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1920 and 1931, almost all in houses of one or two.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Flatlands Av/Schenectady Av, 420 feet away, for the B82.
- 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Flatlands Av/Schenectady Av B82420 feetB82
Next buses at this stop
- B82 …
Cycling
- 6 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 miles by car along the streets.
- 1982 Utica Avenue Gas station1,070 feet
- 2143 Flatbush Avenue Charging for electric cars, two fast chargers0.5 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported four crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.
- 2 people injured
- 0 people killed
The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2024.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11234
- Community board
- Brooklyn Community Board 18
- City Council district
- 45
- Police precinct
- 63
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Flatlands
- Elevation
- 13 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- Two of the streets are 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 1931.
Trees
NYC Parks records 35 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.
Parks and places within a walk
How places are listedFour public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 3 religious buildings
- 1 garden
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Serenity Community Garden440 feet
Houses of worship
- Beth Judah Congregation House of worship520 feet
Supermarkets
- Ideal Food Basket Supermarket0.3 miles
Pharmacies
- Walgreens Pharmacy0.3 miles
Other stores
- Family Dollar Store1,230 feet
- Dollar Tree Store0.3 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there is one food store.
Not on record for this corner:
- A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
- A signal or safety change
- A parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here
- A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet
Nearby corners
The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:
- Flatlands Avenue & East 46th Street 190 feet
- Flatlands Avenue & Avenue L 260 feet
- Avenue L & Schenectady Avenue 270 feet
- Flatlands Avenue & Schenectady Avenue 520 feet
- Avenue L & Troy Avenue 530 feet
- Avenue L & East 48th Street 540 feet
- Flatlands Avenue & Troy Avenue 590 feet
- Avenue L & East 41st Street 630 feet
See every intersection along Avenue L or East 46th Street.