East 23rd Street & Ditmas Avenue

East 23rd Street and Ditmas Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Flatbush, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Pilgrim Wesleyan Church is 800 feet away. The nearest subway, Newkirk Av-Little Haiti, is about nine minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, six of them religious buildings, and 20 places to eat. About 3,000 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1931 and 1940, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

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

Map

Layers
East 23rd Street & Ditmas Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Newkirk Av-Little Haiti, 0.4 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Newkirk Av-Little Haiti 2, 5
    0.4 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, 230 feet away, for the B41.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B41 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 34 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
    760 feet
  2. 1170 Ocean Avenue Charging for electric cars, eight Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 2699 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 6 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

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
27 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 1931 and 1940.

Since 2014 at least 8 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 50 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2017 and September 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

South side of Ditmas Avenue

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

East side of East 23rd Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of East 23rd Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

Landmarks and historic districts

Nine buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Renaissance Revival, and built between 1909 and 1912.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 3 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
    790 feet
  2. Cortelyou Early Childhood Center School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    810 feet
  3. New Generation Elementary School
    870 feet
Show all 4
  1. The Reggio Emilia Montessori Center Pre-K
    1,150 feet

Health care

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

Houses of worship

  1. Pilgrim Wesleyan Church House of worship
    800 feet
  2. Fernande Valme Ministries House of worship
    1,270 feet

Community centers and public services

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

Supermarkets

  1. The Meat Place Supermarket
    0.5 miles
  2. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    0.5 miles
  3. Key Food Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 20 places to eat and 22 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Ditmas Avenue or East 23rd 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, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.