Avenue N & East 49th Street

Avenue N and East 49th 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 50 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Avenue N/E 48 St, is 300 feet away for the B41, and eight bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites, and 15 places to eat.

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

Map

Layers
Avenue N & East 49th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Avenue N/E 48 St, 300 feet away, for the B41.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B41 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 31 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 five crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

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
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 70 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 17 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2018 and January 2024, 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 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8AM-9:30AM

South side of Avenue N

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

East side of East 49th Street

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of East 49th Street

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 319506 and 323388.

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

Six public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

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

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Power Playground
    50 feet

Libraries, museums and history

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

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    730 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 15 places to eat and 11 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 49th 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, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.