Church Avenue & East 98th Street

Church Avenue and East 98th Street meet at a three-way junction in East Flatbush-Remsen Village, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. P.S. 165 Ida Posner is 980 feet away. The nearest subway, Saratoga Av, is about seven minutes on foot, for the 3. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and 12 places to eat. About 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1930 and 1931, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
11 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Saratoga Av
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · 3
Nearest bus stop
100 feet
E 98 St/Church Av · B15
Within a walk
13 places
8 religious buildings, 1 day care or pre-K site and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Church Avenue & East 98th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Saratoga Av, 0.3 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  1. Saratoga Av 3
    0.3 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 E 98 St/Church Av, 100 feet away, for the B15.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. E 98 St/Church Av B15 · Shelter
    100 feet
    B15
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B15 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 23 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 2 of them on-street corrals
  • 5 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 2.2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1408 Linden Boulevard 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 nine crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 11 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 April 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 and 73 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East Flatbush-Remsen Village
Elevation
23 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1930 and 1931.

Since 2014 at least 168 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 30 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 12 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2019 and March 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Church Avenue

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

South side of Church Avenue

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

West side of East 98th Street

  • Bus layover only 1 sign BUS LAYOVER ONLY NO ENGINE IDLING MAX FINE $2000
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 10AM-3PM

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 8 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 hospital
  • 1 library
  • 1 nursing home or hospice
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 165 Ida Posner School
    980 feet
  2. Liberty Day Care Service Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,280 feet

Health care

  1. Schulman and Schachne Institute for Nursing and Rehabilitation Nursing home or hospice
    630 feet
  2. Brookdale Hospital Medical Center Hospital
    1,240 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. East Flatbush Library
    590 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Congrectional El Verbo Church House of worship
    520 feet
  2. Calvary Nazarene Church House of worship
    790 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    720 feet
  2. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 12 places to eat and 22 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Church Avenue or East 98th 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.