East 26th Street & Avenue I

East 26th Street and Avenue I 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. Vanderveer Post Office is 1,210 feet away. The nearest subway, Flatbush Av-Brooklyn College, is about eight minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, four of them religious buildings, and three places to eat. About 700 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1925 and 1930, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
5 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Flatbush Av-Brooklyn College
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
280 feet
Bedford Av/Avenue I · B6, B11
Within a walk
7 places
4 religious buildings, 1 day care or pre-K site and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East 26th Street & Avenue I Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Flatbush Av-Brooklyn College, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Flatbush Av-Brooklyn College 2, 5
    0.4 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 Bedford Av/Avenue I, 280 feet away, for the B6 and B11.

  • 14 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bedford Av/Avenue I B6, B11
    280 feet
    B6 B11

Next buses at this stop

  1. B6 …
  2. B11 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on Avenue I.

  • 2 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 2.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1760 Flatbush Avenue Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 1170 Ocean Avenue Charging for electric cars, eight Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles
  3. 2699 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1 mile

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.

  • 5 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.

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
30 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1925 and 1930.

Trees

NYC Parks records 52 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2017 and December 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Avenue I

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of Avenue I

  • Ambulances only 1 sign AMBULANCE ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-5PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

East side of East 26th Street

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of East 26th Street

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 post office
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Yeshiva Vyelipol School
    510 feet
  2. Jumpstart Early Intervention Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,280 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Vanderveer Post Office
    1,210 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. ALDI Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    1,270 feet
  2. Target Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are three places to eat and 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, six of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Avenue I or East 26th Street.

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