Avenue L & East 89th Street
Avenue L and East 89th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Canarsie, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. In 2025, 280 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. Our Future School is 1,000 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Avenue L/Remsen Av, is 160 feet away for the B17, and four bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites, and four places to eat.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Avenue L/Remsen Av, 160 feet away, for the B17.
- 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Avenue L/Remsen Av B17160 feetB17
Next buses at this stop
- B17 …
Cycling
- 8 bicycle racks within 820 feet
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Shore Parkway, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.
- 8401 Flatlands Avenue Gas station0.7 miles
- 1389 Rockaway Parkway Charging for electric cars, eight fast chargers1.1 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.
- 1 person injured
- 0 people killed
The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2025.
Camera tickets
How tickets are countedIn 2025, 280 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 1,501st most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.
In 2026 so far, through August 27, 97 more were issued.
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
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- One of the streets is one-way
Homes
About 800 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 1925 and 1955.
Trees
NYC Parks records 32 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 28 signs on these blocks
- 4 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2020 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 89th Street
- No parking 10 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
West side of East 89th Street
- No parking 11 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
Schools and places within a walk
How places are listedSix public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 2 day care or pre-K sites
- 2 religious buildings
- 2 schools
Schools and child care
- Solade Preschool Preschool, ages 2 to 5650 feet
- Children's Ark Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5670 feet
- Congregation Machna Shalva - 2 School1,000 feet
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- Our Future School1,000 feet
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 of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:
- East 89th Street & Beach Place 210 feet
- Avenue L & East 88th Street 260 feet
- Avenue L & Remsen Avenue 280 feet
- East 89th Street & Stillwells Place 360 feet
- East 88th Street & Beach Place 470 feet
- Avenue L & East 87th Street 520 feet
- Avenue L & East 91st Street 560 feet
- East 88th Street & Stillwells Place 600 feet
See every intersection along Avenue L or East 89th Street.