Avenue L & Remsen Avenue
Avenue L and Remsen Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Canarsie, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 14 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. In 2025, 1,854 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. Our Future School is 1,280 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Remsen Av/Avenue L, is 120 feet away for the B17, and seven bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, four of them religious buildings, and six places to eat.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Remsen Av/Avenue L, 120 feet away, for the B17.
- 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Remsen Av/Avenue L B17120 feetB17
Next buses at this stop
- B17 …
Cycling
- 16 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 mile
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.
- 14 people injured
- 0 people killed
- 1 of those hurt, on foot
- 2 of those hurt, on a bike
The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.
Camera tickets
How tickets are countedIn 2025, 1,854 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 459th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.
In 2026 so far, through August 27, 952 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
- 11 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to four travel lanes
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 1960.
Trees
NYC Parks records 35 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the 'Skyline' thornless honeylocust.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 25 signs on these blocks
- 4 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 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 Remsen Avenue
- No parking 9 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
West side of Remsen Avenue
- No parking 9 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
Schools and places within a walk
How places are listedNine public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 4 religious buildings
- 3 schools
- 2 day care or pre-K sites
Schools and child care
- Children's Ark Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5380 feet
- Solade Preschool Preschool, ages 2 to 5930 feet
- P.S. 115 Daniel Mucatel School1,040 feet
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- Congregation Machna Shalva - 2 School1,280 feet
- Our Future School1,280 feet
Houses of worship
- Aaa Sfard Congregation House of worship1,240 feet
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are six places to eat and four 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:
- Avenue L & East 91st Street 280 feet
- Avenue L & East 89th Street 280 feet
- Remsen Avenue & Stillwells Place 370 feet
- East 89th Street & Beach Place 490 feet
- Avenue L & East 88th Street 540 feet
- Avenue L & East 92nd Street 570 feet
- East 89th Street & Stillwells Place 640 feet
- Avenue K & Remsen Avenue 720 feet
See every intersection along Avenue L or Remsen Avenue.