East 21st Street & Kenmore Terrace

East 21st Street and Kenmore 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, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Flatbush Dutch Reformed Church Parsonage, one of five Individual Landmarks within 820 feet, stands 120 feet away. The nearest subway, Church Av, is about five minutes on foot, for the B and Q. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, five of them religious buildings, and 37 places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Church Av
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · B, Q
Nearest bus stop
570 feet
Church Av/Flatbush Av · B35
Within a walk
8 places
5 religious buildings, 2 listed historic places and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East 21st Street & Kenmore 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 five 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, 570 feet away, for the B35.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B35 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 21 St & Church Ave 25 docks in all
    350 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
    0.3 miles
  2. 123 Linden Boulevard Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 2699 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    2.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported two 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 August 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
47 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • 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.

Trees

NYC Parks records 26 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2014 and December 2019, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8am to 7pm on East 21st Street (west side).

East side of East 21st Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Kenmore Terrace

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

South side of Kenmore Terrace

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 310110 and 314288.

Landmarks and historic districts

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

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 Parsonage Designated landmark
    120 feet
  2. Flatbush Dutch Reformed Church House Designated landmark
    210 feet
  3. Flatbush Dutch Reformed Church Designated landmark
    410 feet

Places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 1 older adult center

Libraries, museums and history

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

Houses of worship

  1. Salem Missionary Baptist Church House of worship
    740 feet

Community centers and public services

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

Bank branches

  1. Wells Fargo Bank branch
    620 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    690 feet
  3. Chase Bank branch
    850 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    1,320 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    470 feet
  2. Dollar Tree Store
    990 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 37 places to eat and 18 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.