Avenue M & East 57th Street
Avenue M and East 57th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Flatlands, Brooklyn. The corner is also named Firefighter Gerald T. Atwood Corner by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Mary Queen Heaven Church is 170 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Ralph Av/Avenue M, is 890 feet away for the B47, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are two public places and seven places to eat.
Map
Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Ralph Av/Avenue M, 890 feet away, for the B47.
- 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Ralph Av/Avenue M B47890 feetB47
Next buses at this stop
- B47 …
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.
- 2317 Ralph Avenue Gas station0.5 miles
- 2143 Flatbush Avenue Charging for electric cars, two fast chargers0.9 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
- 1 of those hurt, on foot
The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2024.
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
- 12 feet above sea level
This corner is also named Firefighter Gerald T. Atwood Corner, a co-naming enacted on May 5, 2004 (Local Law 8 of 2004).
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- Two of the streets are 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 1960.
Trees
NYC Parks records 34 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.
The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Firefighter Gerald T. Atwood Corner.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 2 signs on these blocks
- 1 rule
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in July 2025, and the sign on the street decides.
South side of Avenue M
- No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
Parks and places within a walk
How places are listedTwo public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 1 field
- 1 religious building
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Jacob Joffe Fields Field1,220 feet
Houses of worship
- Mary Queen Heaven Church House of worship170 feet
Supermarkets
- Key Food Supermarket0.4 miles
Pharmacies
- CVS Pharmacy1,060 feet
- Duane Reade Pharmacy1,150 feet
Shopping centers
- Georgetowne Shopping Center Shopping center0.3 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are seven places to eat and four food stores.
Not on record for this corner:
- A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
- A bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet
- A signal or safety change
- A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet
Nearby corners
The eight nearest corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:
- Avenue M & East 58th Street 260 feet
- Avenue M & East 56th Street 270 feet
- Avenue M & East 59th Street 520 feet
- Avenue M & East 55th Street 540 feet
- Avenue M & East 54th Street 800 feet
- Avenue M & Ralph Avenue at East 65th Street 800 feet
- Avenue L & East 57th Street 800 feet
- Avenue N & East 57th Street 880 feet
See every intersection along Avenue M or East 57th Street.