East 21st Street & Church Avenue

East 21st Street and Church Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Flatbush, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 20 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Flatbush Dutch Reformed Church House, one of five Individual Landmarks within 820 feet, stands 280 feet away, and Science, Technology and Research Early College High School at Erasmus is 1,100 feet away. The nearest subway, Church Av, is about four minutes on foot, for the B and Q. Within a five-minute walk are 19 public places, six of them religious buildings, and 46 places to eat.

Safety record
8 hurt
20 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Church Av
1,010 feet · 4 min on foot · B, Q
Nearest bus stop
180 feet
Church Av/Flatbush Av · B35
Within a walk
19 places
6 religious buildings, 5 schools and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Church Av, 1,010 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Church Av B, Q
    1,010 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
    0.4 miles
    Q

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Church Av/Flatbush Av, 180 feet away, for the B35.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B35 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 21 St & Church Ave 25 docks in all
    50 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2193 Bedford Avenue Gas station
    1,310 feet
  2. 123 Linden Boulevard Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 2699 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    2.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 20 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, March 2018
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, January 2022

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
49 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,000 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.

Since 2014 at least 13 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 26 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2018 and September 2024; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Church Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY

South side of Church Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 8AM-MIDNIGHT EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY THURSDAY SATURDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No stopping 2 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

East side of East 21st Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of East 21st Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 310110, 314288, 331518, 333930, 335118 and 335119.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are five Individual Landmarks, and 40 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 Designated landmark
    270 feet
  2. Flatbush Dutch Reformed Church House Designated landmark
    280 feet
  3. Flatbush Dutch Reformed Church Parsonage Designated landmark
    310 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nineteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 5 schools
  • 3 listed historic places
  • 2 libraries
  • 1 garden
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Academy for College Preparation and Career Exploration: a College Board School
    1,100 feet
  2. Academy of Hospitality and Tourism School
    1,100 feet
  3. High School for Service & Learning at Erasmus School · landmark
    1,100 feet
Show all 5
  1. High School for Youth and Community Development at Erasmus School · landmark
    1,100 feet
  2. Science, Technology and Research Early College High School at Erasmus School · landmark
    1,100 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Q Gardens Community Farm Garden
    950 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Flatbush Dutch Reformed Church Complex Listed historic place
    330 feet
  2. Albemarle-Kenmore Terraces Historic District Listed historic place
    680 feet
  3. Erasmus Hall Academy Listed historic place
    1,080 feet
Show all 5
  1. Flatbush Library
    1,170 feet
  2. Flatbush Learning Center Library
    1,180 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Salem Missionary Baptist Church House of worship
    1,130 feet
  2. Faith Assemblies of God Church House of worship
    1,270 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 261 East 21st Street Older adult center
    840 feet
  2. Flatbush Post Office Listed historic place
    1,110 feet

Bank branches

  1. Wells Fargo Bank branch
    240 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    300 feet
  3. Chase Bank branch
    460 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    80 feet
  2. Dollar Tree Store
    610 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 46 places to eat and 34 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

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