Avenue L & Ralph Avenue

Avenue L and Ralph Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Marine Park-Mill Basin-Bergen Beach, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Congregation Beit Hillel of Flatlands is 170 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Ralph Av/Avenue L, is 90 feet away for the B47 and BM1, and four bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are three public places and 13 places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Belt Parkway
2.2 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
90 feet
Ralph Av/Avenue L · B47, BM1
Within a walk
3 places
1 field, 1 older adult center and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Avenue L & Ralph Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Ralph Av/Avenue L, 90 feet away, for the B47 and BM1.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Ralph Av/Avenue L B47, BM1
    90 feet
    B47 BM1

Next buses at this stop

  1. B47 …
  2. BM1 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 14 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. 2317 Ralph Avenue Gas station
    1,130 feet
  2. 5523 Glenwood Road Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    1 mile
  3. 2143 Flatbush Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, February 2016

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11234
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 18
City Council district
46
Police precinct
63
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Marine Park-Mill Basin-Bergen Beach
Elevation
12 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is 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 1955 and 1965.

Trees

NYC Parks records 44 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the London planetree and the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 37 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules
  • 4 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2018 and August 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Avenue L

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Avenue L

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Ralph Avenue

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8AM-9:30AM

West side of Ralph Avenue

  • Metered parking 5 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8AM-9:30AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 330610 and 340310.

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Three public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 field
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 religious building

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Jacob Joffe Fields Field
    430 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Congregation Beit Hillel of Flatlands House of worship
    170 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 2164 Ralph Avenue Older adult center
    210 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    270 feet
  2. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    800 feet
  3. TD Bank Bank branch
    1,170 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    470 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    1,070 feet

Shopping centers

  1. Georgetowne Shopping Center Shopping center
    100 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 13 places to eat and five food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk 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 Ralph Avenue.

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