Avenue M & Ryder Street
Avenue M and Ryder Street meet at a four-way crossing in Flatlands, Brooklyn. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Kings Highway United Methodist Church is 1,000 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Flatlands Av/Flatbush Av, is 590 feet away for the B82, 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 six places to eat. About 800 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1925 and 1939, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Flatlands Av/Flatbush Av, 590 feet away, for the B82.
- 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Flatlands Av/Flatbush Av B82590 feetB82
Next buses at this stop
- B82 …
Cycling
- 29 bicycle racks within 820 feet
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Flatbush Avenue & Belt Parkway, 2.1 miles by car along the streets.
- 1924 Flatbush Avenue Gas station1,080 feet
- 2143 Flatbush Avenue Charging for electric cars, two fast chargers0.5 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedNo police-reported crashes between 2021 and 2025, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.
The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2018.
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
- 17 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- A designated truck route
- Two of the streets are one-way
Homes
About 800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1925 and 1939.
Trees
NYC Parks records 55 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 20 signs on these blocks
- 7 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2019 and November 2024, and the sign on the street decides.
North side of Avenue M
- No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
- No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
South side of Avenue M
- No parking 2 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
East side of Ryder Street
- No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
West side of Ryder Street
- No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedEight public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 3 religious buildings
- 2 day care or pre-K sites
- 1 park
- 1 playground
- 1 school
Schools and child care
- BBB Daycare Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K430 feet
- Midwood Catholic Academy School520 feet
- Congregation Ohr Shraga D'Veretzky Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K1,090 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Sarsfield Playground50 feet
- Fraser Square1,100 feet
Houses of worship
- St Thomas Aquinas Church House of worship480 feet
- Kings Highway United Methodist Church House of worship1,000 feet
Bank branches
- Chase Bank branch610 feet
- Apple Bank Bank branch900 feet
Supermarkets
- Ideal Food Basket Supermarket780 feet
Other stores
- Dollar Tree Store920 feet
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are six places to eat and five 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 15 corners within a three-minute walk:
- Flatlands Avenue & Ryder Street at Coleman Street 110 feet
- Flatlands Avenue & Lotts Lane 140 feet
- Flatlands Avenue & Avenue M 190 feet
- Flatlands Avenue & Hendrickson Street 250 feet
- Avenue M & East 38th Street 270 feet
- Flatlands Avenue & Kimball Street 370 feet
- Flatlands Avenue & East 38th Street 450 feet
- Avenue M & East 37th Street 530 feet
See every intersection along Avenue M or Ryder Street.