East 18th Street & Caton Avenue

East 18th Street and Caton Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Flatbush, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 12 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Detective Dillon Stewart Playground is 510 feet away. The nearest subway, Church Av, is about a minute on foot, for the B and Q. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, three of them parks, and 19 places to eat. About 4,100 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1925 and 1941, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
7 hurt
12 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Church Av
210 feet · 1 min on foot · B, Q
Nearest bus stop
30 feet
Caton Av/Saint Pauls Pl · B16
Within a walk
10 places
3 parks, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East 18th Street & Caton Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Church Av, 210 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Church Av B, Q
    210 feet
    B Q

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
2 lines
  1. B …
  2. Q …
Southbound
2 lines
  1. B …
  2. Q …

Also within a walk

  1. Parkside Av Q
    0.3 miles
    Q

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Caton Av/Saint Pauls Pl, 30 feet away, for the B16.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Caton Av/Saint Pauls Pl B16
    30 feet
    B16

Next buses at this stop

  1. B16 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 36 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Caton Ave & St. Pauls Pl 21 docks in all
    200 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 378 Coney Island Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 123 Linden Boulevard Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 2699 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    2.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 12 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 7 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11226
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 14
City Council district
40
Police precinct
70
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Flatbush
Elevation
55 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 4,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1925 and 1941.

Trees

NYC Parks records 46 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 19 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2016 and March 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

South side of Caton Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

East side of East 18th Street

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of East 18th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 309635 and 339029.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 parks
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 garden
  • 1 religious building
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Practical Learning Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    820 feet
  2. P.S. 249 the Caton School
    1,190 feet
  3. Gifted & Talented Early Developers Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,200 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Parade Ground Park
    430 feet
  2. Detective Dillon Stewart Playground
    510 feet
  3. Q Gardens Community Farm Garden
    550 feet
Show all 6
  1. Prospect Park
    1,130 feet
  2. Umma Park Playground
    1,130 feet
  3. Umma Park
    1,130 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,190 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.3 miles
  2. Dollar Tree Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 19 places to eat and 26 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Caton Avenue or East 18th 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, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.