Avenue N & East 83rd Street
Avenue N and East 83rd Street meet at a three-way junction in Canarsie, Brooklyn. The corner is also named Sgt. Mario Nelson Haitian Warrior by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Canarsie Park is 960 feet away. The nearest bus stop, E 80 St/Paerdegat 13 St, is 170 feet away for the B17, and three bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are three public places.
Map
Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is E 80 St/Paerdegat 13 St, 170 feet away, for the B17.
- 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
- E 80 St/Paerdegat 13 St B17170 feetB17
Next buses at this stop
- B17 …
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Shore Parkway, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.
- 8401 Flatlands Avenue Gas station0.8 miles
- 5523 Glenwood Road Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers1.5 miles
- 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars1.7 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported three crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.
- 8 people injured
- 0 people killed
The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11236
- Community board
- Brooklyn Community Board 18
- City Council district
- 46
- Police precinct
- 69
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Canarsie
- Elevation
- 8 feet above sea level
This corner is also named Sgt. Mario Nelson Haitian Warrior, a co-naming enacted on March 19, 2023 (Local Law 44 of 2023).
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- Two of the streets are one-way
Homes
About 1,200 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 1960 and 1965.
Trees
NYC Parks records 38 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.
The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Sgt. Mario Nelson Haitian Warrior.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 18 signs on these blocks
- 7 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2015 and July 2024, and the sign on the street decides.
North side of Avenue N
- No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11AM-12:30PM
South side of Avenue N
- No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11AM-12:30PM
- No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
East side of East 83rd Street
- No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11AM-12:30PM
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
West side of East 83rd Street
- No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11AM-12:30PM
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
Parks and places within a walk
How places are listedThree public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 1 nature area
- 1 park
- 1 playground
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Paerdegat Basin Park Nature area650 feet
- Canarsie Park960 feet
- Canarsie Playground990 feet
Not on record for this corner:
- A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
- A bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet
- A signal or safety change
- A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet
Nearby corners
The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:
- Avenue N & East 80th Street 130 feet
- Avenue N & East 84th Street 260 feet
- East 80th Street & Paerdegat 14th Street 260 feet
- East 80th Street & Paerdegat 12th Street 400 feet
- East 80th Street & Paerdegat 15th Street 520 feet
- Avenue N & East 85th Street 530 feet
- Paerdegat Avenue North & Paerdegat 13th Street 600 feet
- East 80th Street & Paerdegat 11th Street 660 feet
See every intersection along Avenue N or East 83rd Street.