Church Avenue & East 96th Street

Church Avenue and East 96th Street meet at a four-way crossing in East Flatbush-Remsen Village, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 15 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. East Flatbush Library is 140 feet away, and Linden Sitting Area is 950 feet away. The nearest subway, Saratoga Av, is about nine minutes on foot, for the 3. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and ten places to eat.

Safety record
9 hurt
15 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Saratoga Av
0.5 miles · 9 min on foot · 3
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
Church Av/E 96 St · B35
Within a walk
13 places
7 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Church Avenue & East 96th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Saratoga Av, 0.5 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  1. Saratoga Av 3
    0.5 miles
    3

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. 3 …
New Lots
1 line
  1. 3 …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Chandelier” (2017) by Nancy Baker at the Saratoga Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Church Av/E 96 St, 110 feet away, for the B35.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Church Av/E 96 St B35
    110 feet
    B35

Next buses at this stop

  1. B35 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 32 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Rockaway Pkwy & Church Ave 21 docks in all
    360 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 2.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 5802 Church Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 1235 Linden Boulevard Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    1.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 15 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, March 2018

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11212
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 17
City Council district
41 and 42 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
67
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East Flatbush-Remsen Village
Elevation
28 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1927 and 1931.

Since 2014 at least 160 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 39 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 40 signs on these blocks
  • 11 different rules
  • 7 active meters
  • 4 pay-by-cell zones

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

North side of Church Avenue

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

South side of Church Avenue

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

East side of East 96th Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of East 96th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Time-limited parking 1 sign 2 HOUR PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 8AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 319402, 320030, 327473 and 329982.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 hospital
  • 1 library
  • 1 nursing home or hospice
  • 1 park

Schools and child care

  1. Liberty Day Care Service Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    670 feet
  2. Wonder Years Daycare Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,010 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Linden Sitting Area Park
    950 feet

Health care

  1. Schulman and Schachne Institute for Nursing and Rehabilitation Nursing home or hospice
    830 feet
  2. Brookdale Hospital Medical Center Hospital
    1,210 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. East Flatbush Library
    140 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Calvary Nazarene Church House of worship
    310 feet
  2. Church of God of East Flatbush House of worship
    1,080 feet
  3. Congrectional El Verbo Church House of worship
    1,130 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    110 feet
  2. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.5 miles
  3. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are ten places to eat and 19 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Church Avenue or East 96th Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.