Coney Island Avenue & Ditmas Avenue

Coney Island Avenue and Ditmas Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Flatbush (West)-Ditmas Park-Parkville, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 16 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Peace Academy is 840 feet away. The nearest subway, Cortelyou Rd, is about nine minutes on foot, for the Q. Within a five-minute walk are 16 public places, five of them day care or pre-K sites, and 27 places to eat. About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
11 hurt
16 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Cortelyou Rd
0.5 miles · 9 min on foot · Q
Nearest bus stop
130 feet
Coney Island Av/Ditmas Av · B68
Within a walk
16 places
5 day care or pre-K sites, 5 schools and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Coney Island Avenue & Ditmas Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  1. Cortelyou Rd Q
    0.5 miles
    Q

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. Q …
Southbound
1 line
  1. Q …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Garden Stops” (1994) by Patsy Norvell at the Cortelyou Rd station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Coney Island Av/Ditmas Av, 130 feet away, for the B68.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Coney Island Av/Ditmas Av B68
    130 feet
    B68

Next buses at this stop

  1. B68 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 20 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Cortelyou Rd & Stratford Rd 21 docks in all
    1,240 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 1.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 842 Coney Island Avenue Gas station
    190 feet
  2. 581 Ocean Parkway Charging for electric cars, 13 Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 2699 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    2.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 16 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 10 people injured
  • 1 person killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 3 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, October 2019
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, February 2025

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11218
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 12
City Council district
39 and 40 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
66 and 70 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Flatbush (West)-Ditmas Park-Parkville
Elevation
33 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Trees

NYC Parks records 42 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 44 signs on these blocks
  • 13 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2015 and September 2025; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Coney Island Avenue

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY THURSDAY SATURDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM

West side of Coney Island Avenue

  • Metered parking 6 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 6AM-6PM ALL DAYS

North side of Ditmas Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of Ditmas Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 307576.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 86 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Queen Anne, and mostly built between 1903 and 1905.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Sixteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 day care or pre-K sites
  • 5 schools
  • 4 religious buildings
  • 2 trade or language schools

Schools and child care

  1. Yeshiva Torah Vodaath School
    810 feet
  2. Early Childhood Development Center Kaleidoscope Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    820 feet
  3. Inst for Career Training & Developme Trade or language school
    840 feet
Show all 12
  1. Peace Academy School
    840 feet
  2. Snapdragon Place Pre-K
    840 feet
  3. Manhattan School of Computer Technol Trade or language school
    840 feet
  4. Honeydew Cortelyou Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    1,080 feet
  5. Bonim Lamokom School
    1,090 feet
  6. Torah Vodaath High School
    1,090 feet
  7. Mosdos Satmar BP School
    1,220 feet
  8. Cortelyou Early Childhood Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,280 feet
  9. Nayema Universal Child Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,310 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles
  2. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles
  3. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 27 places to eat and ten food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Coney Island Avenue or Ditmas Avenue.

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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.