Clarkson Avenue & East 98th Street

Clarkson Avenue and East 98th Street meet at a three-way junction in East Flatbush-Remsen Village, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. The Division 15/Engine 283 firehouse is 510 feet away. The nearest subway, Saratoga Av, is about four minutes on foot, for the 3. Within a five-minute walk are 18 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 12 places to eat. About 1,700 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1929 and 1931, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
2 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Saratoga Av
1,170 feet · 4 min on foot · 3
Nearest bus stop
50 feet
E 98 St/Clarkson Av · B15
Within a walk
18 places
7 religious buildings, 5 schools and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Saratoga Av, 1,170 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  1. Saratoga Av 3
    1,170 feet
    3

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Sutter Av-Rutland Rd 3
    0.3 miles
    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/Clarkson Av, 50 feet away, for the B15.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. E 98 St/Clarkson Av B15
    50 feet
    B15

Next buses at this stop

  1. B15 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 11 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Kings Hwy & E 98 St 18 docks in all
    110 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 1.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 24 Dumont Avenue Gas station
    540 feet
  2. 1235 Linden Boulevard Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    1.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in August 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11212
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 17
City Council district
41
Police precinct
67 and 73 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East Flatbush-Remsen Village
Elevation
26 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1929 and 1931.

Since 2014 at least 132 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 29 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 2 signs on these blocks
  • 2 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2016 and March 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

West side of Clarkson Avenue

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of East 98th Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eighteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 5 schools
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 garden
  • 1 park

Schools and child care

  1. Brooklyn Ascend Charter Es School
    790 feet
  2. Brooklyn Ascend Charter School
    790 feet
  3. Brooklyn Ascend Charter School 6 School
    790 feet
Show all 8
  1. Step by Step Early Childhood Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    850 feet
  2. East Brooklyn Community High School
    870 feet
  3. Future Lights Children's Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    970 feet
  4. Brooklyn Ascend Charter Middle School
    1,160 feet
  5. Sco Family of Services Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Howard Garden
    760 feet
  2. Howard Malls Park
    800 feet

Fire and police

  1. Division 15/Engine 283 Fire station
    510 feet

Bank branches

  1. Santander Bank Bank branch
    620 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Green Village Supermarket Supermarket
    240 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    900 feet
  3. Fine Fare Supermarket
    1,210 feet

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    360 feet
  2. Family Dollar Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 12 places to eat and 19 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 15 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Clarkson Avenue or East 98th Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, 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, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.