East 108th Street & Flatlands 5th Street
East 108th Street and Flatlands 5th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Canarsie, Brooklyn. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Fresh Creek Nature Preserve is 50 feet away. The nearest bus stop, E 105 St/Avenue L, is 1,030 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 400 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1960 and 1970, almost all in houses of one or two.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is E 105 St/Avenue L, 1,030 feet away, for the B103 and BM2.
- 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
- E 105 St/Avenue L B103, BM21,030 feetB103 BM2
Next buses at this stop
- B103 …
- BM2 …
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Shore Parkway, 1.2 miles by car along the streets.
- 10802 Flatlands Avenue Gas station0.5 miles
- 1389 Rockaway Parkway Charging for electric cars, eight fast chargers1.3 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedNo police-reported crashes between 2021 and 2025, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.
The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2019.
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 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 1960 and 1970.
Trees
NYC Parks records 34 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 15 signs on these blocks
- 4 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2015 and December 2020, and the sign on the street decides.
West side of East 108th Street
- No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
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 listedThree 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
- Bev's Kiddie Daycare II Pre-K610 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Fresh Creek Nature Preserve Nature area50 feet
Supermarkets
- Food World Supermarket Supermarket0.5 miles
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:
- East 108th Street & Flatlands 6th Street 250 feet
- Avenue L & East 108th Street 270 feet
- Avenue M & East 108th Street 520 feet
- East 108th Street & Flatlands 4th Street 530 feet
- East 105th Street & Flatlands 5th Street 770 feet
- East 108th Street & Flatlands 3rd Street 780 feet
- East 108th Street & Flatlands 7th Street 780 feet
- East 105th Street & Flatlands 6th Street 1,020 feet
See every intersection along East 108th Street or Flatlands 5th Street.