Avenue N & East 48th Street

Avenue N and East 48th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Flatlands, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Ryder Retail Post Office is 1,280 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Avenue N/E 48 St, is 40 feet away for the B41, and eight bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites, and 22 places to eat.

Safety record
4 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Belt Parkway
1.7 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
40 feet
Avenue N/E 48 St · B41
Within a walk
7 places
2 day care or pre-K sites, 1 listed historic place and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Avenue N & East 48th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Avenue N/E 48 St, 40 feet away, for the B41.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Avenue N/E 48 St B41
    40 feet
    B41

Next buses at this stop

  1. B41 …

Live arrivals

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, 1.7 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2025.

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
15 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is 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 1920 and 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 35 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 16 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules
  • 8 active meters
  • 4 pay-by-cell zones

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

North side of Avenue N

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

South side of Avenue N

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

East side of East 48th Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

West side of East 48th Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 319505, 319506, 320472 and 320473.

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

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground
  • 1 post office
  • 1 religious building

Schools and child care

  1. First Noah's Ark Universal Daycare Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    290 feet
  2. Learning Ladder Daycare Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,210 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Power Playground
    310 feet
  2. Trust Triangle
    1,150 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Stoothoff-Baxter-Kouwenhaven House Listed historic place
    710 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Ryder Retail Post Office
    1,280 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    1,160 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    980 feet
  2. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.4 miles
  2. Family Dollar Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 22 places to eat and ten 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 corners on foot, six of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Avenue N or East 48th 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.