Avenue L & East 96th Street

Avenue L and East 96th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Canarsie, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 15 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Sledge Playground is 690 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Rockaway Pkwy/Avenue L, is 300 feet away for the B42, and four bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, five of them religious buildings, and 14 places to eat.

Safety record
20 hurt
15 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Belt Parkway
0.8 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
300 feet
Rockaway Pkwy/Avenue L · B42
Within a walk
10 places
5 religious buildings, 3 schools and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Avenue L & East 96th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Rockaway Pkwy/Avenue L, 300 feet away, for the B42.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Rockaway Pkwy/Avenue L B42
    300 feet
    B42

Next buses at this stop

  1. B42 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 31 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Shore Parkway, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2000 Rockaway Parkway Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Charging for electric cars, eight fast chargers
    0.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 15 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 20 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 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
14 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 1920 and 1955.

Trees

NYC Parks records 30 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 42 signs on these blocks
  • 11 different rules
  • 7 active meters
  • 4 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2019 and August 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Avenue L

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

South side of Avenue L

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

East side of East 96th Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

West side of East 96th Street

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 336564, 336565, 338754 and 339934.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. High School for Innovation in Advertising and Media School
    1,070 feet
  2. High School for Medical Professions School
    1,070 feet
  3. Urban Action Academy School
    1,070 feet
Show all 4
  1. Children's Ark Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,260 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Sledge Playground
    690 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Aaa Sfard Congregation House of worship
    570 feet
  2. Temple Emanuel of Canarsie House of worship
    1,200 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    310 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    1,190 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 14 places to eat and six 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:

See every intersection along Avenue L or East 96th Street.

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