Avenue L & East 85th Street
Avenue L and East 85th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Canarsie, Brooklyn. The corner is also named American Hero Sergeant Roshain E. Brooks Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 14 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Our Future School is 1,270 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Avenue L/E 85 St, is 130 feet away for the B17, and five bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are four public places, two of them schools, and one place to eat.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Avenue L/E 85 St, 130 feet away, for the B17.
- 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Avenue L/E 85 St B17130 feetB17
Next buses at this stop
- B17 …
Cycling
- 2 bicycle racks within 820 feet
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Shore Parkway, 1.3 miles by car along the streets.
- 8401 Flatlands Avenue Gas station0.5 miles
- 1389 Rockaway Parkway Charging for electric cars, eight fast chargers1.3 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported 14 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 a bike
The most recent crash recorded here was in May 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
- 8 feet above sea level
This corner is also named American Hero Sergeant Roshain E. Brooks Way, a co-naming enacted on July 29, 2018 (Local Law 139 of 2018).
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
Homes
About 1,200 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 1950 and 1960.
Trees
NYC Parks records 31 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.
The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on American Hero Sergeant Roshain E. Brooks Way.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 27 signs on these blocks
- 4 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2019 and April 2024, and the sign on the street decides.
North side of Avenue L
- No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11AM-12:30PM
South side of Avenue L
- No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11AM-12:30PM
East side of East 85th Street
- No parking 10 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11AM-12:30PM
West side of East 85th Street
- No parking 10 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11AM-12:30PM
Schools and places within a walk
How places are listedFour public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 2 schools
- 1 day care or pre-K site
- 1 religious building
Schools and child care
- Little Einsteins of Canarsie Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K930 feet
- Congregation Machna Shalva - 2 School1,270 feet
- Our Future School1,270 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 corners within a three-minute walk:
- Avenue L & East 84th Street 270 feet
- Avenue L & East 86th Street 270 feet
- Avenue L & East 83rd Street 530 feet
- Avenue L & East 87th Street 530 feet
- Avenue K & East 85th Street 770 feet
- Avenue M & East 85th Street 780 feet
- Avenue L & East 88th Street 790 feet
- Avenue L & East 82nd Street 790 feet
See every intersection along Avenue L or East 85th Street.