Avenue N & East 46th Street

Avenue N and East 46th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Flatlands, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Power Playground is 850 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Avenue N/E 46 St, is 120 feet away for the B41, and ten bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites, and 24 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Belt Parkway
1.7 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
120 feet
Avenue N/E 46 St · B41
Within a walk
9 places
2 day care or pre-K sites, 2 religious buildings and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Avenue N & East 46th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Avenue N/E 46 St, 120 feet away, for the B41.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Avenue N/E 46 St B41
    120 feet
    B41

Next buses at this stop

  1. B41 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 43 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Flatbush Avenue & Belt Parkway, 1.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2255 Flatbush Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 2143 Flatbush Avenue Charging for electric cars, two fast chargers
    1,010 feet

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported five crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11234
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 18
City Council district
45 and 46 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
63
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Flatlands
Elevation
14 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1920 and 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 39 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the 'Princeton' American elm and the 'Skyline' thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 14 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules
  • 4 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2018 and July 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Avenue N

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

South side of Avenue N

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 319467 and 323018.

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 listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 library
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 park
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. First Noah's Ark Universal Daycare Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    830 feet
  2. Congregation Ohr Shraga D'Veretzky Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,170 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Power Playground
    850 feet
  2. Trust Triangle
    1,000 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Flatlands Library
    1,050 feet
  2. Stoothoff-Baxter-Kouwenhaven House Listed historic place
    1,090 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Holy Trinity Lutheran Church of Flatbush House of worship
    1,220 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Ryder Retail Post Office
    1,300 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    940 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 24 places to eat and nine food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk and a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Avenue N or East 46th Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.