East 21st Street & Caton Avenue

East 21st Street and Caton Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Flatbush, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 14 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Calvary Pentecostal Church is 790 feet away. The nearest subway, Church Av, is about three minutes on foot, for the B and Q. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, three of them religious buildings, and 30 places to eat. About 4,400 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1927 and 1941, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
6 hurt
14 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Church Av
790 feet · 3 min on foot · B, Q
Nearest bus stop
350 feet
Ocean Av/Caton Av · B16, T464
Within a walk
9 places
3 religious buildings, 2 libraries and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East 21st Street & Caton Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Church Av, 790 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Church Av B, Q
    790 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 Ocean Av/Caton Av, 350 feet away, for the B16 and T464.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Ocean Av/Caton Av B16, T464
    350 feet
    B16 T464

Next buses at this stop

  1. B16 …
  2. T464 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Ocean Ave & Crooke Ave 27 docks in all
    720 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 1 mile 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
    0.4 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 14 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 6 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, May 2018

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
53 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 4,400 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 1941.

Since 2014 at least 329 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 48 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the swamp white oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 43 signs on these blocks
  • 12 different rules
  • 3 active meters
  • 3 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2017 and October 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Caton Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Caton Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING SATURDAY 8:30AM-7PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

East side of East 21st Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING FIRE ZONE

West side of East 21st Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING FIRE ZONE

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 331517, 331518 and 335119.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 libraries
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Blue Star of New York Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,070 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Umma Park Playground
    800 feet
  2. Umma Park
    800 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Flatbush Learning Center Library
    960 feet
  2. Flatbush Library
    970 feet
  3. Flatbush Dutch Reformed Church Complex Listed historic place
    1,190 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Calvary Pentecostal Church House of worship
    790 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,070 feet
  2. Wells Fargo Bank branch
    1,100 feet
  3. Chase Bank branch
    1,240 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    710 feet
  2. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    1,310 feet

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    860 feet
  2. Dollar Tree Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 30 places to eat and 22 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Caton Avenue or East 21st Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.