East 105th Street & Flatlands 5th Street

East 105th Street and Flatlands 5th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Canarsie, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Fresh Creek Nature Preserve is 820 feet away. The nearest bus stop, E 105 St/Avenue L, is 280 feet away for the B103 and BM2, and four bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are three public places. About 800 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built in 1960, almost all in houses of one or two.

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East 105th Street & Flatlands 5th Street Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is E 105 St/Avenue L, 280 feet away, for the B103 and BM2.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. E 105 St/Avenue L B103, BM2
    280 feet
    B103 BM2

Next buses at this stop

  1. B103 …
  2. BM2 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Shore Parkway, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 10802 Flatlands Avenue Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Charging for electric cars, eight fast chargers
    1.1 miles

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported one crash at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2021.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11236
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 18
City Council district
46
Police precinct
69
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Canarsie
Elevation
7 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 800 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 in 1960.

Trees

NYC Parks records 55 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the red maple.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 14 signs on these blocks
  • 3 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2020 and May 2022, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of East 105th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

North side of Flatlands 5th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

South side of Flatlands 5th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11AM-12:30PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Three public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 nature area
  • 1 religious building

Schools and child care

  1. Bev's Kiddie Daycare II Pre-K
    840 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Fresh Creek Nature Preserve Nature area
    820 feet

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 of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Parks and NYC Health, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.