East 21st Street & Albemarle Terrace

East 21st Street and Albemarle Terrace meet at a three-way junction in Flatbush, Brooklyn. The corner lies on the edge of the Albemarle-Kenmore Terraces Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Flatbush Dutch Reformed Church House, one of six Individual Landmarks within 820 feet, stands 390 feet away. The nearest subway, Church Av, is about six minutes on foot, for the B and Q. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 30 places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Church Av
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · B, Q
Nearest bus stop
790 feet
Church Av/Flatbush Av · B35
Within a walk
11 places
7 religious buildings, 2 listed historic places and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East 21st Street & Albemarle Terrace Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Church Av, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Church Av B, Q
    0.3 miles
    B Q

Next trains at this station

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Church Av/Flatbush Av, 790 feet away, for the B35.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Church Av/Flatbush Av B35
    790 feet
    B35

Next buses at this stop

  1. B35 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 64 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Albemarle Rd & E 21 St 21 docks in all
    460 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 1.2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2193 Bedford Avenue Gas station
    0.4 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
    2.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported six 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 December 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
45 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,800 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 1927 and 1939.

Trees

NYC Parks records 32 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 13 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2015 and December 2019, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Albemarle Terrace

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

South side of Albemarle Terrace

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

East side of East 21st Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands at the edge of the Albemarle-Kenmore Terraces Historic District.

Within 820 feet are six Individual Landmarks, and 41 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as neo-Federal. They were mostly built between 1916 and 1917.

  1. Flatbush Dutch Reformed Church Parsonage Designated landmark
    320 feet
  2. Flatbush Dutch Reformed Church House Designated landmark
    390 feet
  3. Flatbush Dutch Reformed Church Designated landmark
    600 feet

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 older adult center

Schools and child care

  1. St. Mark's Umc Head Start Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,260 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Albemarle-Kenmore Terraces Historic District Listed historic place
    150 feet
  2. Flatbush Dutch Reformed Church Complex Listed historic place
    580 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Salem Missionary Baptist Church House of worship
    520 feet
  2. St Marks Church United Methodist House of worship
    1,260 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 261 East 21st Street Older adult center
    240 feet

Bank branches

  1. Wells Fargo Bank branch
    840 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    910 feet
  3. Chase Bank branch
    1,070 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    1,100 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    690 feet
  2. Dollar Tree Store
    1,210 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 30 places to eat and 13 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, five of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 21st 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 Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.