East 108th Street & Flatlands 6th Street

East 108th Street and Flatlands 6th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Canarsie, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Fresh Creek Nature Preserve is 40 feet away. The nearest bus stop, E 105 St/Avenue M, is 970 feet away for the B103 and BM2, and three 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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East 108th Street & Flatlands 6th Street Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is E 105 St/Avenue M, 970 feet away, for the B103 and BM2.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. E 105 St/Avenue M B103, BM2
    970 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, 1.2 miles by car along the streets.

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

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported three crashes 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 March 2025.

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
8 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 41 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

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 August 2015 and June 2017, and the sign on the street decides.

West side of East 108th Street

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

North side of Flatlands 6th Street

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

South side of Flatlands 6th 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
    860 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Fresh Creek Nature Preserve Nature area
    40 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 corners on foot, seven of them 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.