Canarsie Road & Skidmore Avenue

Canarsie Road and Skidmore Avenue meet at a five-way junction in Canarsie, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Brooklyn corner. Our Lady of Trust Catholic Academy is 160 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Seaview Av/E 95 St, is 640 feet away for the B17, and four bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places and nine places to eat. About 500 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1960 and 1975, almost all in houses of one or two.

Safety record
3 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Belt Parkway
0.3 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
640 feet
Seaview Av/E 95 St · B17
Within a walk
8 places
1 community center, 1 day care or pre-K site and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Canarsie Road & Skidmore Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Seaview Av/E 95 St, 640 feet away, for the B17.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Seaview Av/E 95 St B17
    640 feet
    B17

Next buses at this stop

  1. B17 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 4 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Shore Parkway, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 9612 Rockaway Parkway Gas station
    870 feet
  2. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Charging for electric cars, eight fast chargers
    1.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 3 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
9 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 500 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 1975.

Trees

NYC Parks records 44 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the London planetree and the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 33 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2019 and June 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Canarsie Road

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Canarsie Road

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

North side of Skidmore Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

South side of Skidmore Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

North side of St Jude Place

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of St Jude Place

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 community center
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 garden
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 park
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Our Lady of Trust Catholic Academy School
    160 feet
  2. Hebrew Educational Society of Brooklyn Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    620 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Canarsie Park
    320 feet
  2. Canarsie Neighborhood Farm and Garden
    790 feet
  3. Joseph F. DiNapoli Playground
    910 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Jude Church House of worship
    380 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Hebrew Educational Society Community Center
    450 feet
  2. Older adult center at 9502 Seaview Avenue Older adult center
    490 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,140 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are nine places to eat and four 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 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Canarsie Road, Skidmore Avenue or St Jude Place.

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