Dekalb Avenue & Flatbush Avenue Extension

Dekalb Avenue and Flatbush Avenue Extension meet at a four-way crossing in Downtown Brooklyn-DUMBO-Boerum Hill, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 95 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. University Place is 60 feet away, and Fort Greene Park is 1,190 feet away. The nearest subway, DeKalb Av, is about a minute on foot, and 13 subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 27 public places, three of them career or business centers, and 98 places to eat.

Safety record
40 hurt
95 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
DeKalb Av
70 feet · 1 min on foot · B, Q, R
Nearest bus stop
70 feet
De Kalb Av/Flatbush Av Ext · B38
Within a walk
27 places
3 career or business centers, 3 religious buildings and 12 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Dekalb Avenue & Flatbush Avenue Extension Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is DeKalb Av, 70 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  • 13 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. DeKalb Av B, Q, R
    70 feet
    B Q R

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
3 lines
  1. B …
  2. Q …
  3. R …
Southbound
3 lines
  1. B …
  2. Q …
  3. R …

Also within a walk

  1. Nevins St 2, 3, 4, 5
    660 feet
    2 3 4 5
  2. Hoyt St 2, 3
    910 feet
    2 3

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Masstransiscope” (1980) by Bill Brand and “DeKalb Improvisation” (2005) by Stephen Johnson at the DeKalb Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is De Kalb Av/Flatbush Av Ext, 70 feet away, for the B38.

  • 18 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. De Kalb Av/Flatbush Av Ext B38
    70 feet
    B38

Next buses at this stop

  1. B38 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Dekalb Avenue.

  • 106 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 3 of them on-street corrals
  • 5 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. DeKalb Ave & Hudson Ave 74 docks in all
    130 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Navy Street, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 160 Johnson Street Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 152 Ashland Place Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 95 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 40 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 16 of those hurt, on foot
  • 5 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, January 1976
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, October 2015
  • Turn calming, July 2020

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11201
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 2
City Council district
33 and 35 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
84 and 88 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Downtown Brooklyn-DUMBO-Boerum Hill
Elevation
37 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 7,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 2016 and 2022.

Since 2014 at least 422 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 63 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 32 signs on these blocks
  • 12 different rules
  • 5 active meters
  • 5 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2021 and December 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Friday 10am to 4pm, 2 hour passenger vehicles Saturday 8am to 7pm on Flatbush Avenue Extension (east side), and as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Friday 8am to 4pm, 2 hour passenger vehicles Saturday 8am to 7pm on Flatbush Avenue Extension (west side).

North side of Dekalb Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY THURSDAY SATURDAY 3AM-6AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM

South side of Dekalb Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING W/ MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY 3AM-6AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No stopping 1 sign NO STOPPING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY EXCEPT SUNDAY

East side of Flatbush Avenue Extension

  • No stopping 5 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 300014, 300105, 300566, 300567 and 342478.

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Neoclassical, and built between 1906 and 1908.

  1. Dime Savings Bank Designated landmark
    280 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 27 public places.

  • 3 career or business centers
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 3 trade or language schools
  • 2 colleges
  • 13 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Long Island Univ-Brooklyn Campus College
    670 feet
  2. Brooklyn Rise Charter School
    850 feet
  3. Basis Independent Brooklyn School
    980 feet
Show all 10
  1. Metro Training Inst Trade or language school
    1,100 feet
  2. Brooklyn Hospital-Caledonia Hospital College
    1,110 feet
  3. Fullstack Academy Trade or language school
    1,150 feet
  4. Medical Aid Training Schools Trade or language school
    1,170 feet
  5. New Albee Square Es Pre-K
    1,190 feet
  6. Albee Square Montessori Public School
    1,190 feet
  7. Petits Poussins Brooklyn Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. University Place Park
    60 feet
  2. Fort Greene Park
    1,190 feet
  3. Sixteen Sycamores Playground
    1,200 feet
Show all 4
  1. Brooklyn Bears/Rockwell Place Garden
    1,240 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Albee Square Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    440 feet
  2. Fox Square Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    620 feet
  3. Public space at Forte Public space
    1,080 feet

Health care

  1. Brooklyn Hospital Center - Downtown Campus Hospital
    1,110 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Offerman Building Listed historic place
    1,310 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. BAM Harvey Theater Theater or concert hall
    990 feet
  2. Polonsky Shakespeare Center Theater or concert hall
    1,270 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Nicholas Antiochian Orthodox Cathedral Listed historic place
    1,300 feet
  2. Recovery House of Worship Church Listed historic place
    1,310 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Brooklyn Workforce1 Career Center Career or business center
    770 feet
  2. NYC Business Solutions Brooklyn Center Career or business center
    770 feet
  3. NYS Department of Labor Metrotech Workforce1 Career Center Career or business center
    1,240 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    470 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    610 feet
  3. TD Bank Bank branch
    650 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Lidl Supermarket
    660 feet
  2. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    710 feet
  3. NYC Fresh Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    640 feet
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    620 feet
  2. Target Store
    910 feet

Shopping centers

  1. City Point Shopping center
    550 feet
  2. Atlantic Terminal Shopping center
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 98 places to eat and 19 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Dekalb Avenue or Flatbush Avenue Extension.

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