Avenue M & East 43rd Street
Avenue M and East 43rd Street meet at a three-way junction in Flatlands, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Serenity Community Garden is 860 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Flatbush Av/Flatlands Av, is 390 feet away for the B9 and B41, and nine bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, three of them religious buildings, and 12 places to eat.
Map
Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Flatbush Av/Flatlands Av, 390 feet away, for the B9 and B41.
- 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Flatbush Av/Flatlands Av B9, B41390 feetB9 B41
Next buses at this stop
- B9 …
- B41 …
Cycling
- 23 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 miles by car along the streets.
- 1924 Flatbush Avenue Gas station1,270 feet
- 2143 Flatbush Avenue Charging for electric cars, two fast chargers0.4 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported two crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.
- 1 person injured
- 0 people killed
The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2023.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11234
- Community board
- Brooklyn Community Board 18
- City Council district
- 45
- Police precinct
- 63
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Flatlands
- Elevation
- 16 feet above sea level
The streets
- One travel lane
- Two of the streets are one-way
Homes
About 700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1920 and 1953.
Trees
NYC Parks records 37 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedEight public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 3 religious buildings
- 1 day care or pre-K site
- 1 garden
- 1 library
- 1 playground
- 1 school
Schools and child care
- Midwood Catholic Academy School480 feet
- Congregation Ohr Shraga D'Veretzky Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K1,160 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Serenity Community Garden860 feet
- Sarsfield Playground950 feet
Libraries, museums and history
- Flatlands Library820 feet
Houses of worship
- St Thomas Aquinas Church House of worship720 feet
Bank branches
- Chase Bank branch560 feet
- Apple Bank Bank branch1,020 feet
Supermarkets
- Ideal Food Basket Supermarket730 feet
Pharmacies
- Walgreens Pharmacy0.5 miles
Other stores
- Dollar Tree Store370 feet
- Family Dollar Store0.5 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are 12 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
- A parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here
- A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet
Nearby corners
The eight nearest of the 16 corners within a three-minute walk:
- Avenue M & Harden Street 100 feet
- Avenue M & Troy Avenue 270 feet
- Flatbush Avenue & Avenue M 310 feet
- Flatlands Avenue & Harden Street 420 feet
- Flatlands Avenue & East 43rd Street 430 feet
- Flatbush Avenue & Flatlands Avenue 480 feet
- Flatlands Avenue & East 40th Street 520 feet
- Avenue M & East 45th Street 530 feet
See every intersection along Avenue M or East 43rd Street.