Avenue N & East 31st Street
Avenue N and East 31st Street meet at a four-way crossing in Flatlands, Brooklyn. The corner is also named Marine Major Eugene T. McCarthy Triangle by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Mount Sinai Brooklyn is 780 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Kings Hwy/Avenue N, is 200 feet away for the B7 and B82, and seven bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 21 public places, 12 of them religious buildings, and three places to eat.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Kings Hwy/Avenue N, 200 feet away, for the B7 and B82.
- 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Kings Hwy/Avenue N B7, B82200 feetB7 B82
Next buses at this stop
- B7 …
- B82 …
Cycling
- 17 bicycle racks within 820 feet
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Shore Parkway & Belt Parkway, 2.4 miles by car along the streets.
- 2791 Nostrand Avenue Gas station530 feet
- 2705 Nostrand Avenue Charging for electric cars, fast chargers0.3 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported five crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.
- 8 people injured
- 0 people killed
- 3 of those hurt, on foot
The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2026.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11210
- Community board
- Brooklyn Community Board 18
- City Council district
- 45
- Police precinct
- 63
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Flatlands
- Elevation
- 21 feet above sea level
This corner is also named Marine Major Eugene T. McCarthy Triangle, a co-naming enacted on April 10, 1992 (Local Law 25 of 1992).
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- Two of the streets are one-way
Homes
About 600 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 1925 and 1930.
Trees
NYC Parks records 41 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.
The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Marine Major Eugene T. McCarthy Triangle.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 22 signs on these blocks
- 7 different rules
- 1 active meter
- 1 pay-by-cell zone
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2018 and February 2021, and the sign on the street decides.
North side of Avenue N
- Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
- No parking 3 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
South side of Avenue N
- No parking 3 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
East side of East 31st Street
- No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
- No parking 6 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
West side of East 31st Street
- No parking 7 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 304339.
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedWithin a five-minute walk there are 21 public places.
- 12 religious buildings
- 3 day care or pre-K sites
- 3 schools
- 1 hospital
- 1 park
- 1 playground
Schools and child care
- Butterfly Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K680 feet
- Yeshiva Lev Torah - Site 2 School850 feet
- Yeshivat Lev Torah High School850 feet
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- Yeshiva Derech Hatorah School920 feet
- The Joan Snow Pre-K Center at 1340 East 29th Street Pre-K center1,160 feet
- The Auditory/Oral School of NY Preschool, ages 2 to 51,240 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Pfc Norton Playground990 feet
- Fraser Square1,190 feet
Health care
- Mount Sinai Brooklyn Hospital780 feet
Houses of worship
- Congregation Adath Yeshurun of Flatbush House of worship690 feet
- Kingsway Jewish Center Listed historic place920 feet
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are three 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 of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:
- Kings Highway & Avenue N 170 feet
- Kings Highway & East 32nd Street 190 feet
- Avenue N & East 33rd Street 260 feet
- Nostrand Avenue & Avenue N 280 feet
- Avenue N & New York Avenue 520 feet
- Nostrand Avenue & Kings Highway 560 feet
- Avenue N & East 29th Street 560 feet
- Kings Highway & New York Avenue 700 feet
See every intersection along Avenue N or East 31st Street.