East 22nd Street & Ditmas Avenue

East 22nd Street and Ditmas Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Flatbush, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 12 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Ditmas Park Care Center is 150 feet away. The nearest subway, Newkirk Av-Little Haiti, is about ten minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, four of them religious buildings, and 13 places to eat. About 2,700 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1931 and 1951, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
7 hurt
12 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Newkirk Av-Little Haiti
0.5 miles · 10 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
500 feet
Flatbush Av/Avenue D · B41
Within a walk
9 places
4 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East 22nd Street & Ditmas Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Newkirk Av-Little Haiti, 0.5 miles from this corner, about ten minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Newkirk Av-Little Haiti 2, 5
    0.5 miles
    2 5

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 5 …
Flatbush
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 5 …

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Flatbush Av/Avenue D, 500 feet away, for the B41.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Flatbush Av/Avenue D B41 · Shelter
    500 feet
    B41
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B41 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 31 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Beverley Rd & Flatbush Ave 30 docks in all
    0.4 miles

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 1.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1261 Flatbush Avenue Gas station
    1,030 feet
  2. 1170 Ocean Avenue Charging for electric cars, eight Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 2699 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.8 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
  • 4 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 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
28 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,700 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 1931 and 1951.

Trees

NYC Parks records 58 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 33 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2017 and June 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Ditmas Avenue

  • Ambulances and ambulettes only 2 signs AMBULANCE AMBULETTE ONLY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of Ditmas Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of East 22nd Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of East 22nd Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 34 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Colonial Revival, and mostly built between 1907 and 1913.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 nursing home or hospice
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. New Generation Learning Center School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,050 feet
  2. Cortelyou Early Childhood Center School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,070 feet
  3. New Generation Elementary School
    1,140 feet

Health care

  1. Ditmas Park Care Center Nursing home or hospice
    150 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Pilgrim Wesleyan Church House of worship
    530 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 961 Ocean Avenue Older adult center
    730 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 13 places to eat and 16 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Ditmas Avenue or East 22nd 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.