Ditmas Avenue & East 98th Street

Ditmas Avenue and East 98th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Brownsville, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Cultural Arts Academy Charter School at Spring Creek is 890 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Rockaway Av/Ditmas Av, is 730 feet away for the B60, and five bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are five public places, two of them religious buildings, and two places to eat.

Safety record
8 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Belt Parkway
2.1 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
730 feet
Rockaway Av/Ditmas Av · B60
Within a walk
5 places
2 religious buildings, 2 schools and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Rockaway Av/Ditmas Av, 730 feet away, for the B60.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Rockaway Av/Ditmas Av B60
    730 feet
    B60

Next buses at this stop

  1. B60 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Hegeman Ave & Amboy St 23 docks in all
    0.3 miles

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Shore Parkway, 2.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 9701 Ditmas Avenue Gas station
    270 feet
  2. 1235 Linden Boulevard Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    0.7 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.

  • 8 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11236
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 16
City Council district
42
Police precinct
67 and 73 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Brownsville
Elevation
18 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1926 and 1960.

Trees

Ten trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common are the 'Skyline' thornless honeylocust and the red maple.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 31 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2017 and September 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Ditmas Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM

South side of Ditmas Avenue

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-5PM

East side of East 98th Street

  • Time-limited parking 3 signs 1 HOUR PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-7PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM

West side of East 98th Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Five public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site

Schools and child care

  1. Cultural Arts Academy Charter School at Spring Creek School
    890 feet
  2. Making a Difference for the Future Preschool
    1,060 feet
  3. Making a Difference Academy School
    1,060 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are two places to eat and three food stores.

Not on record for this corner:

  • A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
  • A bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet
  • A signal or safety change
  • A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Ditmas 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 Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.