East 23rd Street & Farragut Road

East 23rd Street and Farragut Road meet at a four-way crossing in Flatbush, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Nativity Church is 750 feet away, and Flatbush YMCA is 1,230 feet away. The nearest subway, Flatbush Av-Brooklyn College, is about ten minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, eight of them religious buildings. About 900 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1915 and 1931, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
4 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Flatbush Av-Brooklyn College
0.5 miles · 10 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
820 feet
Ocean Av/Farragut Rd · B49
Within a walk
13 places
8 religious buildings, 3 schools and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East 23rd Street & Farragut Road Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Flatbush Av-Brooklyn College, 0.5 miles from this corner, about ten minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Flatbush Av-Brooklyn College 2, 5
    0.5 miles
    2 5

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 5 …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Flatbush Floogies” (1996) by Muriel Castanis at the Flatbush Av-Brooklyn College station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Ocean Av/Farragut Rd, 820 feet away, for the B49.

  • 12 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Ocean Av/Farragut Rd B49 · Shelter
    820 feet
    B49
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B49 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Farragut Road.

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 2.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1261 Flatbush Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 1170 Ocean Avenue Charging for electric cars, eight Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. 2699 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11210
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 14
City Council district
45
Police precinct
70
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Flatbush
Elevation
23 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1915 and 1931.

Since 2014 at least 9 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 68 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 30 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2015 and June 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of East 23rd Street

  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of East 23rd Street

  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

North side of Farragut Road

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of Farragut Road

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 8 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 recreation center

Schools and child care

  1. Cortelyou Early Childhood Center School
    640 feet
  2. Midwood Montessori Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,200 feet
  3. P.S. K315 School
    1,250 feet
Show all 4
  1. School of Science & Technology School
    1,250 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Nativity Church House of worship
    750 feet
  2. Our Lady of Refuge Church House of worship
    800 feet
  3. Kenilworth Baptist Church House of worship
    980 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Flatbush YMCA Recreation center
    1,230 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there is one food store.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 23rd Street or Farragut Road.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYC City Planning, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.