Avenue M & Utica Avenue
Avenue M and Utica Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Flatlands, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Power Playground is 940 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Utica Av/Avenue M, is 120 feet away for the B46, and eight bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, two of them religious buildings, and four places to eat. A bus lane runs along Utica Avenue, 7am to 7pm.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Utica Av/Avenue M, 120 feet away, for the B46.
- 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Utica Av/Avenue M B46120 feetB46
Next buses at this stop
- B46 …
Utica Avenue carries a bus lane, 7am to 7pm, every day.
Cycling
- 7 bicycle racks within 820 feet
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Flatbush Avenue & Belt Parkway, 1.8 miles by car along the streets.
- 1982 Utica Avenue Gas station810 feet
- 2143 Flatbush Avenue Charging for electric cars, two fast chargers0.6 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported nine crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.
- 5 people injured
- 0 people killed
- 3 of those hurt, on foot
The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.
What the city has done here
- Leading pedestrian interval, June 2003
- Accessible pedestrian signal, August 2019
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
- 17 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to four travel lanes
- A designated truck route
- One of the streets is 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 1931.
Trees
NYC Parks records 33 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the northern red oak.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 35 signs on these blocks
- 6 different rules
- 4 active meters
- 1 pay-by-cell zone
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2021 and June 2024, and the sign on the street decides.
East side of Utica Avenue
- Metered parking 9 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
- Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING SATURDAY 9AM-7PM
- No parking 10 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
- Truck loading only 4 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 6AM-6PM
West side of Utica Avenue
- No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
- No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 319070.
Landmarks and historic districts
One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Dutch Colonial, and built in 1747.
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
- Learning Ladder Daycare Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K220 feet
- P.S. 203 Floyd Bennett School570 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Power Playground940 feet
Libraries, museums and history
- Stoothoff-Baxter-Kouwenhaven House Listed historic place880 feet
Supermarkets
- Key Food Supermarket0.3 miles
- Ideal Food Basket Supermarket0.5 miles
Pharmacies
- Walgreens Pharmacy0.3 miles
Other stores
- Family Dollar Store960 feet
- Dollar Tree Store0.4 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are four places to eat and seven food stores.
Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk.
Nearby corners
The eight nearest corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:
- Avenue M & East 51st Street 280 feet
- Avenue M & East 49th Street 280 feet
- Avenue M & East 48th Street 540 feet
- Avenue M & East 52nd Street 540 feet
- Avenue L & Utica Avenue 810 feet
- Avenue M & East 53rd Street 810 feet
- Avenue M & Schenectady Avenue 810 feet
- Avenue N & Utica Avenue 880 feet
See every intersection along Avenue M or Utica Avenue.