Avenue M & East 51st Street
Avenue M and East 51st Street meet at a four-way crossing in Flatlands, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. P.S. 203 Floyd Bennett School is 290 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Utica Av/Avenue M, is 360 feet away for the B46, and nine bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, two of them religious buildings, and five places to eat.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Utica Av/Avenue M, 360 feet away, for the B46.
- 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Utica Av/Avenue M B46360 feetB46
Next buses at this stop
- B46 …
Cycling
- 8 bicycle racks within 820 feet
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Flatbush Avenue & Belt Parkway, 1.9 miles by car along the streets.
- 1982 Utica Avenue Gas station1,090 feet
- 2143 Flatbush Avenue Charging for electric cars, two fast chargers0.6 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported four crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.
- 2 people injured
- 0 people killed
- 2 of those hurt, on foot
The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.
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)
- Flatlands
- Elevation
- 16 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- Two of the streets are 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 1920 and 1930.
Trees
NYC Parks records 41 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 3 signs on these blocks
- 2 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in August 2022, and the sign on the street decides.
North side of Avenue M
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
- No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedSix public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 2 religious buildings
- 1 day care or pre-K site
- 1 listed historic place
- 1 playground
- 1 school
Schools and child care
- P.S. 203 Floyd Bennett School290 feet
- Learning Ladder Daycare Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K500 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Power Playground1,220 feet
Libraries, museums and history
- Stoothoff-Baxter-Kouwenhaven House Listed historic place1,150 feet
Supermarkets
- Key Food Supermarket1,040 feet
Pharmacies
- Walgreens Pharmacy0.4 miles
Other stores
- Family Dollar Store1,240 feet
- Dollar Tree Store0.5 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are five places to eat and seven 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 corners on foot, six of them within a three-minute walk:
- Avenue M & East 52nd Street 260 feet
- Avenue M & Utica Avenue 280 feet
- Avenue M & East 53rd Street 530 feet
- Avenue M & East 49th Street 560 feet
- Avenue M & East 54th Street 800 feet
- Avenue L & East 51st Street 810 feet
- Avenue M & East 48th Street 820 feet
- Avenue N & East 51st Street 880 feet
See every intersection along Avenue M or East 51st Street.