East 108th Street & Flatlands 9th Street

East 108th Street and Flatlands 9th 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 310 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Seaview Av/E 108 St, is 540 feet away for the B17, and three bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are four public places, two of them nature areas.

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East 108th Street & Flatlands 9th Street Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Seaview Av/E 108 St, 540 feet away, for the B17.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Seaview Av/E 108 St B17
    540 feet
    B17

Next buses at this stop

  1. B17 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Shore Parkway, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 9612 Rockaway Parkway Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Charging for electric cars, eight fast chargers
    1.6 miles

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

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in July 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
7 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1960 and 1989.

Trees

NYC Parks records 61 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 24 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2015 and July 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of East 108th Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11AM-12:30PM

West side of East 108th Street

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

North side of Flatlands 9th Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

South side of Flatlands 9th Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11AM-12:30PM

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Four public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 nature areas
  • 1 park
  • 1 religious building

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Fresh Creek Nature Preserve Nature area
    310 feet
  2. Canarsie Park
    610 feet
  3. Spring Creek Park Nature area
    1,280 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there is one food store.

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, six 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, NYC Health and NYS Agriculture and Markets, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.